Abstract:
This study related gender differences with the attainment o[ personal contentment of both men and women. From the related literature and previous studies, it was deduced that interpersonal relationships as embodied on familial and m:iriral relationships, satisfaction of one's profession and fulfilhnent of perceived roles arc the factors influencing one's perception of personal contentment.
Twenty respondents, en male and ten female comprised the study's sample population derived through a non-probability chain sampling method. An in-depth interview was used to gather data, questions regarding views of men and women on family, profession, marriage and gender roles encompassed the interview guide. The information gathered from the respondents were then compared and contrasted.
This study found that perceptions of men and women on personal contenrment with regards to their views on family, profession, marriage and gender roles differ from each other. Men perceive contenrmenr as resulting from success in profession for they believe that success in profession would entail ful(illment of their responsibilities and duties to their parental family and to the family of their own. Women on the other hand deem contentment as resulting from carrying out their responsibilities and duties to their parental families first, satisfaction from work and finally of fulfilling their roles as mother and spouse to their children and husbands.
