Sociology
Esmaeel Balali; Mones Sayyah; Seyyedeh Fatemeh Mohebbi
Abstract
Gender as one of the social and cultural determinant factors, affects many dimensions of women including their occupation and can affect the types of male and female jobs. Nowadays, gender segregation of jobs in Iran is gradually being removed. Nevertheless, social policy making in this subject ...
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Gender as one of the social and cultural determinant factors, affects many dimensions of women including their occupation and can affect the types of male and female jobs. Nowadays, gender segregation of jobs in Iran is gradually being removed. Nevertheless, social policy making in this subject needs scientific studies. It seems necessary to take advantage of qualitative methods. In this qualitative study using focus group discussions, views of 19 women and family experts about the phenomenon of women presence in occupations and its reasons were questioned and discussed. The findings and thematic analysis showed three types of views including: supporters, opponents and intermediate. Individual and communicative capability elevation, economic and social justice realization are mensioned as positive implications of women entering male jobs. In some experts’ views, seperation of women jobs prevents their talent development, strengthens gender beliefs in society and economic-gender imbalance. But opponents of women entering male jobs see this entrance as equivalent to women distancing from women world, identity and personality imbalance, physical and mental exhaustion, reduction of marriage opportunity, sexual and ethical insecurity and male social reactions.
