Research Article

WOMEN TRAPPED BETWEEN PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SPHERES: MANIFESTATIONS OF ALIENATION

Volume: 22 Number: 4 January 1, 2025
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WOMEN TRAPPED BETWEEN PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SPHERES: MANIFESTATIONS OF ALIENATION

Abstract

This study investigates the perception of femininity shaped by gender norms at the intersection of public and private spheres, and to which of these spheres women feel they belong more. This examination examines not only the ties or new forms of relations that women establish towards the private sphere, but also the alternatives available for the continuity of the private sphere and the meanings they carry in social relations. In-depth interviews were conducted with 17 female workers in factories in Istanbul, and the data were interpreted through critical discourse analysis. According to the results of the research, women become strangers to the private sphere, which is characterized as their “place,” and cannot fully find a place in the public sphere. While women are not enough for the private sphere to which they feel they belong and cannot fully find a place for themselves in the male-dominated public sphere, they also become strangers to the gender norms they have internalized and their assumptions about being a woman. Women are squeezed between the private and public spheres and become alienated by losing their belonging, identity, and beliefs about their gender.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Policy and Administration (Other)

Journal Section

Research Article

Early Pub Date

December 26, 2024

Publication Date

January 1, 2025

Submission Date

October 24, 2024

Acceptance Date

December 15, 2024

Published in Issue

Year 2024 Volume: 22 Number: 4

APA
Gür, D., & Aksoy, B. (2025). WOMEN TRAPPED BETWEEN PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SPHERES: MANIFESTATIONS OF ALIENATION. Journal of Management and Economics Research, 22(4), 164-185. https://doi.org/10.11611/yead.1573034
AMA
1.Gür D, Aksoy B. WOMEN TRAPPED BETWEEN PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SPHERES: MANIFESTATIONS OF ALIENATION. Journal of Management and Economics Research. 2025;22(4):164-185. doi:10.11611/yead.1573034
Chicago
Gür, Didem, and Beyhan Aksoy. 2025. “WOMEN TRAPPED BETWEEN PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SPHERES: MANIFESTATIONS OF ALIENATION”. Journal of Management and Economics Research 22 (4): 164-85. https://doi.org/10.11611/yead.1573034.
EndNote
Gür D, Aksoy B (January 1, 2025) WOMEN TRAPPED BETWEEN PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SPHERES: MANIFESTATIONS OF ALIENATION. Journal of Management and Economics Research 22 4 164–185.
IEEE
[1]D. Gür and B. Aksoy, “WOMEN TRAPPED BETWEEN PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SPHERES: MANIFESTATIONS OF ALIENATION”, Journal of Management and Economics Research, vol. 22, no. 4, pp. 164–185, Jan. 2025, doi: 10.11611/yead.1573034.
ISNAD
Gür, Didem - Aksoy, Beyhan. “WOMEN TRAPPED BETWEEN PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SPHERES: MANIFESTATIONS OF ALIENATION”. Journal of Management and Economics Research 22/4 (January 1, 2025): 164-185. https://doi.org/10.11611/yead.1573034.
JAMA
1.Gür D, Aksoy B. WOMEN TRAPPED BETWEEN PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SPHERES: MANIFESTATIONS OF ALIENATION. Journal of Management and Economics Research. 2025;22:164–185.
MLA
Gür, Didem, and Beyhan Aksoy. “WOMEN TRAPPED BETWEEN PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SPHERES: MANIFESTATIONS OF ALIENATION”. Journal of Management and Economics Research, vol. 22, no. 4, Jan. 2025, pp. 164-85, doi:10.11611/yead.1573034.
Vancouver
1.Didem Gür, Beyhan Aksoy. WOMEN TRAPPED BETWEEN PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SPHERES: MANIFESTATIONS OF ALIENATION. Journal of Management and Economics Research. 2025 Jan. 1;22(4):164-85. doi:10.11611/yead.1573034