TY - JOUR ID - 56338 TI - Women entering male jobs: causes and consequences Qualitative exploration of experts’ views JO - Woman in Development & Politics JA - JWDP LA - en SN - 2538-3124 AU - Balali, Esmaeel AU - Sayyah, Mones AU - Mohebbi, Seyyedeh Fatemeh AD - Associate Professor of Sociology at Bu Ali Sina University AD - Assistant Professor at Sharif University AD - PhD Student of Social Problems of Iran at Tehran Markaz Azad University Y1 - 2015 PY - 2015 VL - 13 IS - 3 SP - 399 EP - 424 KW - male jobs KW - female jobs KW - gender division of labour KW - Qualitative study DO - 10.22059/jwdp.2015.56338 N2 - 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.    UR - https://jwdp.ut.ac.ir/article_56338.html L1 - https://jwdp.ut.ac.ir/article_56338_152e76f751566ddecf08cd2acb84e523.pdf ER -