Research Article

A Gender Debate: The Case of Married Female Nurses Working in Shifts

Number: 25 May 17, 2026
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A Gender Debate: The Case of Married Female Nurses Working in Shifts

Abstract

This article aims to match two fundamental variables—shift work and married female nurses—within the framework of gender relations. The phenomenon of gender creates various inequalities in social life, at times subjecting men but, in most cases and contexts, women to its effects. This asymmetrical situation is compounded when a nurse working in a hospital is also a woman at home—a wife and mother. In other words, if a female nurse is simultaneously married and has children, the gender-based inequalities she encounters reinforce and perpetuate one another. The professional expectations placed upon women in the nursing profession often resemble and compete with the roles and statuses imposed upon them within private and family life. When shift work is added to this dynamic, the professional responsibilities of these women intersect with their other roles in increasingly challenging ways. This is because the specific characteristics of shift work overlap with the weight of domestic tasks and responsibilities, which also carry their own distinctive features. Consequently, the fact that married female nurses working shifts in hospitals are confronted with a gendered “second shift” at home renders the issue more specific and worthy of examination.

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Primary Language

English

Subjects

Labor Sociology, Women's Studies

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

May 17, 2026

Submission Date

October 7, 2025

Acceptance Date

February 14, 2026

Published in Issue

Year 2026 Number: 25

APA
Bingöl, O., & Odabaş Öztürk, A. (2026). A Gender Debate: The Case of Married Female Nurses Working in Shifts. Erzurum Teknik Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, 25, 121-128. https://doi.org/10.29157/etusbed.1799091
AMA
1.Bingöl O, Odabaş Öztürk A. A Gender Debate: The Case of Married Female Nurses Working in Shifts. ETUSBED. 2026;(25):121-128. doi:10.29157/etusbed.1799091
Chicago
Bingöl, Orhan, and Alev Odabaş Öztürk. 2026. “A Gender Debate: The Case of Married Female Nurses Working in Shifts”. Erzurum Teknik Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, nos. 25: 121-28. https://doi.org/10.29157/etusbed.1799091.
EndNote
Bingöl O, Odabaş Öztürk A (May 1, 2026) A Gender Debate: The Case of Married Female Nurses Working in Shifts. Erzurum Teknik Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi 25 121–128.
IEEE
[1]O. Bingöl and A. Odabaş Öztürk, “A Gender Debate: The Case of Married Female Nurses Working in Shifts”, ETUSBED, no. 25, pp. 121–128, May 2026, doi: 10.29157/etusbed.1799091.
ISNAD
Bingöl, Orhan - Odabaş Öztürk, Alev. “A Gender Debate: The Case of Married Female Nurses Working in Shifts”. Erzurum Teknik Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi. 25 (May 1, 2026): 121-128. https://doi.org/10.29157/etusbed.1799091.
JAMA
1.Bingöl O, Odabaş Öztürk A. A Gender Debate: The Case of Married Female Nurses Working in Shifts. ETUSBED. 2026;:121–128.
MLA
Bingöl, Orhan, and Alev Odabaş Öztürk. “A Gender Debate: The Case of Married Female Nurses Working in Shifts”. Erzurum Teknik Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, no. 25, May 2026, pp. 121-8, doi:10.29157/etusbed.1799091.
Vancouver
1.Orhan Bingöl, Alev Odabaş Öztürk. A Gender Debate: The Case of Married Female Nurses Working in Shifts. ETUSBED. 2026 May 1;(25):121-8. doi:10.29157/etusbed.1799091