The aim of this study is to demonstrate gender inequality in structures and processes of urban sphere and to highlight the link between the physical-social design of urban environment and maintaining of the traditional gender roles. Throughout the discussion, private/public space dichotomy as a gender-biased distinction is taken as an analytical priority. Thus, the term of "space" in this dichotomy is not only a metaphor but also an ensemble of concrete relations corresponding in the urban environment. Gender content of urban environment is exposed by proposing that there is a close connection between the gender-biased structuring of urba'n space and of "private / public" coding through which gender roles are sembolized and reproduced.
Primary Language | Turkish |
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Subjects | Women's Studies |
Journal Section | Research Article |
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Publication Date | June 1, 2000 |
Published in Issue | Year 2000 Volume: 3(1) Issue: 5 |