Sociological aspects of partnerships among male and female students in Slovenia

V današnji družbi ima spolnost osrednjo vlogo pri formiranju oz. pri razumevanju romantičnih odnosov in partnerskih zvez. Zahodne družbe v zadnjih desetletjih doživljajo obsežno kulturno preobrazbo na temo spolnosti in dejavnike povezane z njo. V povezavi s tem lahko rečemo, da je danes med mladimi sprejetih več raznolikih življenjskih stilov. Prejšnje študije izpostavljajo, da se je sfera intimnosti v zadnjih nekaj desetletjih močno spremenila pod vplivom širših družbenih sprememb in predvsem vpliva refleksivnega individualizma. Izpostavljeni so bili tudi procesi, ki so značilni za sodobno realnost, kot so individualizacije, zmanjševanje tradicionalne norme, demokratizacije ter pluralnost standardov in vrednot. V diplomskem delu nas je najprej zanimalo ali se partnerske zveze mladih, konkretno, študentske populacije, razlikujejo oz. ali imajo značilnosti, ki so pomembne za sodobno družbo. Značilnosti študentske populacije smo potem povezali s tradicionalnimi vrednotami, intimnostmi in spolnimi željami. Nato smo opravili statistično analizo s pomočjo podatkov iz raziskave ‘‘Intimni življenjski stili študentov in študentk v Sloveniji’’(2018) iz leta 2010/2011. Rezultati statističnih analiz so pokazali, da med študenti obstajajo statistično značilne povezanosti med romantičnimi odnosi in spolnimi željami ter tradicionalnimi vrednotami. S tem smo tudi potrdili, da za slovenske študente veljajo zahodni trendi, ki se pojavljajo na področju intimnosti.In today\u27s society, sexuality plays a central role in understanding romantic relationships and partnerships. In recent decades, Western societies have gone through a major cultural transformation in terms of sexuality and the factors associated with it. In addition to that, we can say that today there are different and diverse lifestyles among young people. Previous studies have shown that the sphere of intimacy has changed dramatically in recent decades under the influence of broader social changes, including the influence of reflective individualism. Individualization, reduction of traditional norms, democratization, and plurality of standards and values, were all highlighted as processes that are typical of modern reality. In this thesis, we were first interested in whether the partnerships of young people, specifically, the student population, differ or not. We wanted to see in whether they have characteristics that are important to modern society. We then associated the characteristics of the student population with traditional values, intimacy, and sexual desires. We then conducted a statistical analysis using the data from the 2010/2011 study ‘‘Intimni življenjski stili študentov in študentk v Sloveniji’’ (2018). The results from the statistical analysis showed that among students, there are statistically significant associations between romantic relationships, sexual desires, and traditional values. With this, we also confirmed that western trends that are emerging in the field of intimacy were applied to Slovenian students as well