V monografii na osnove kontseptsii gendera rassmatrivayutsya voprosy razvitiya sotsial'no-filosofskikh vzglyadov na status zhenshchiny v obshchestve, sotsiokul'turnye faktory stanovleniya i razvitiya gendernykh otnosheniy v regione na fone politicheskoy istorii strany. Podcherkivaetsya, chto smena kul'turno-istoricheskikh tipov obshchestva privodit k izmeneniyu soderzhaniya sotsial'nogo statusa zhenshchin. Avtor otmechaet, chto izuchenie polozheniya zhenshchiny v obshchestve v proshlom i nastoyashchem aktual'no i v svyazi s problemoy natsional'nogo vozrozhdeniya adygov, tak kak imenno v sem'e proiskhodit formirovanie natsional'nogo soznaniya, a zhenshchiny yavlyayutsya tem zvenom, cherez kotoroe etnicheskaya kul'tura peredaetsya podrastayushchemu pokoleniyu. Predstavlena novaya sotsiologicheskaya informatsiya. Kniga prednaznachena dlya nauchnykh rabotnikov, prepodavateley, aspirantov, studentov, a takzhe vsekh, kto interesuetsya istoriey, filosofiey, sotsiologiey, gendernymi issledovaniyami.