Reinforcement and erosion of traditional gender roles among young people in a poor metropolitan area of Turkey

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12600096
AutoresÇağlar Enneli (0000-0001-5808-9800, Ankara University, autor de correspondencia), H Çağlar Enneli (Faculty of Language, History and Geography, Anthropology Department, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey), Pınar Enneli (Faculty of Art and Science, Department of Sociology, Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University, Bolu, Turkey)
Año2016
Volumen20
Número3
Páginas349-365
Fecha de publicación2016-08-06
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Youth Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1367-6261 • E-ISSN: 1469-9680
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13676261.2016.1217320
OpenAlexW2495407866
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas29

This paper aims to contribute to the existing studies on the young women’s transition to adulthood in the case of Turkish women’s exclusion from the labour market. The issue is discussed largely within the boundaries of traditional gender restrictions that keep women out of employment. Herein, we argue that the gender-based control of young women, perceived as the reason for their exclusion from the labour market, may be used by disadvantaged women as a way of avoiding difficult and unfavourable employment situations. Similarly, the gender roles imposed on men could also not be fulfilled due to the same restrictive labour market conditions. Furthermore, we suggest that the poverty simultaneously strengthens and erodes the very base of the traditional gender structure for both young women and young men, while forcing the young women out of employment and the young men to the unstable working conditions. This argument is based on a study conducted in Altındağ, Ankara with a sample of 279 females and 340 males aged between 15 and 24. A mixed methodology, comprising a survey questionnaire followed by 60 in-depth interviews and 4 focus group discussions, was employed for this study

Argument (complex analysis · Demographic economics · Disadvantage · Disadvantaged · Economic growth · Economics · Focus group · Geography · Inequality · Metropolitan area · Political science · Poverty · Sociology · Turkish · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Medicine · Psychology · Work-Family Balance Challenges · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics