THE CHANGING GENDER ROLES IN THE PERCEPTION OF TWO COHORTS

The purpose of the book is to try to examine whether there is a change in the perception of gender roles between two cohorts. The focus point of this work is what the difference between old women and young women is; how these women define their gender roles in the public and private spheres and how they describe their relations with their husbands and their children. The main argument in this book is that altering the perception of gender roles might be a way to create different policies regarding the problem of gender inequality. The perception of gender roles of two cohorts women were conceptualized within the context of gender, marriage, work life and violence against women. In general, the analyses of perceptions among two cohorts? women showed that younger women have more egalitarian perception on gender roles.

I was born in 1978 in Ankara. I've got my Bachelor Degree and Master Degree from the Department of Sociology at METU, Ankara. I've completed my second master program in the Department of International Relations at Ankara University. I have participated in different projects concerning child labor, women and poverty in Turkey