Gender equality or patriarchal dividend: Structural change in Turkish nursing.

Full Abstract

Turkey is attempting to join the European Union and is facing pressure to eliminate many forms of discrimination, including discrimination based on gender. In keeping with these aims, in early 2007 the Turkish government changed the law to permit Turkish men to become nurses. Given that Turkey is a highly patriarchal society and that occupational segregation by sex is a persistent feature, it is important to examine the potential outcome of the legislative changes. The aim of this paper is to explore the paradoxical potential for Turkish female nurses to experience increased discrimination in a system that is restructured by legislation to be non-discriminatory.

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Author information

Author/s: Herdman, Elizabeth (E); Badir, Aysel (A);

Affiliation: School of Nursing, Koç University, Güzelbahçe Sokak, Istanbul, Turkey. eherdman@ku.edu.tr

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: Nursing & health sciences (Nurs Health Sci), published in Australia. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2008-Jun; vol 10 (issue 2) : pp 159-63

Dates: Created 2008/05/09; Completed 2008/06/04;

PMID: 18466390, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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MeSH headings (categories)

This article was linked to the MESH Headings shown below.

Family Characteristics
Female
Feminism
Gender Identity
Humans
Male
Nurses, Male - statistics & numerical data

Nursing - manpower; statistics & numerical data
Pilot Projects
Prejudice
Sex Factors
Social Class
Social Justice
Turkey

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