Keyword: «women»

. Male and female are asymmetrical in societies built on fallocracy (the power of the "male") faced in various practices of social interactions. The dominant male system of values, building a hierarchy of subordination, supplants female on the social periphery as something insignificant, unequally valuable, minor, functionally designed for men. Located in the atmosphere of sexism, both men and women are deprived of the possibil-ity to establish harmonious (full reveal (social), ontology of male and female), particularly of personal inti-macy, I – You relationships, based on true love. The paper discusses the possibility of overcoming sexism in the experience of erotic love, implies gender "retypization" through "procedures" of understanding and experiencing.

The article deals with such an aspect of the individual as civil identity. It is shown that it has its own psychological structure, the components of which determine the severity of the individual's civic activity. Conscious citizenship as a factor in the development of active citizenship is formed due to the activation of a person's desire to be involved in the problems of society and the state, the desire to improve the external environment, the need to work for the benefit of other people, internal motivation for self-knowledge and self-improvement. According to the author's model of psychological structure of civic identity, the relationship of the components of "civil identity", "moral system", "social distance", "subjectivity" leads to the formation of man's awareness of their belonging to the state, the understanding of which is to each his significant personal meaning. Using the author's methodology "Differential questionnaire for diagnosing the status of civil identity of an individual", the severity of the statuses "achieved", "moratorium", "pseudo-identity", "imposed", "diffuse"was determined. Such a multidimensional approach allows us to see the psychological structure of a person's civic identity, to anticipate the further development of personal properties that ensure its formation, and to develop recommendations for its harmonization. The study showed that among women and men there are differences in the severity of statuses: for example, men have more formed the status of the achieved identity, and women have a moratorium. The imposed identity has the same degree of expression in both men and women. The manifestation of pseudo-identity is more typical for men, and diffuse-for women.

The article contains the results of a study of the peculiarities of women's self-efficacy in a situation of uncertainty. The phenomena of "self-efficacy" and "uncertainty" are defined. The analysis revealed a positive correlation between the levels of self-efficacy and tolerance to uncertainty, and concluded that the degree of tolerance to uncertainty affects the level of self-efficacy.

This article explores feminist motifs in the works of W.S. Maugham, with a particular focus on the novel "The Painted Veil" and short stories "The Round Dozen" and "The Force of Circumstance." Maugham demonstrates how his characters can reveal their inner strength and desire for self-realization, as well as challenge traditional notions of women's roles. Much attention is also paid to the portrayal of women from other ethnic groups, in case they turn out to be victims of colonial oppression. Furthermore, Maugham raises questions of the fate of unmarried women and their dependence on men and social norms. Maugham's literary work serves as a critique of the patriarchal attitudes of the early 20th century, exploring issues of inequality and the limitations of women's rights – topics that remain relevant today. The article offers a fresh perspective on female representations and their social roles in literature, opening new avenues for analysis.