Masculinity in Gender Relations: Hegemonic Masculinity and Masculine Power Discourse in Turkey. (2nd January 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Keskin, Fatih
• Is Part Of: Public integrity. Volume 20:Number 1(2018)
• Page Start: 93
• Page End: 106
• Publication Date: 2018-01-02
• Subjects: democratic conservatism -- gender relations -- hegemonic masculinity; Civil service ethics -- United States -- Periodicals; Public administration -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States -- Periodicals; Political ethics -- United States -- Periodicals; Civil service ethics -- Periodicals; Public administration -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Periodicals; Political ethics -- Periodicals; Civil service ethics; Political ethics; Public administration -- Moral and ethical aspects; United States; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION; CIVIL SERVICE; MORAL ASPECTS; POLITICAL ETHICS; Periodicals; 172
• DOI: 10.1080/10999922.2017.1281700
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1099-9922

Abstract

Abstract : The erosion, or crisis, of modern democracies has long been an issue. One reason for this situation is the masculine structure of politics and governments, and their policies rendering women subordinate to men, which threaten the normative assumption that democracy is affected by the egalitarian structure of society and the gender regime, and similarly, the settlement of gender relations in society depends on a resistant democratic system. In fact, this article demonstrates that politics is culturally perceived as a man's occupation, and women's role in active politics is restricted to center-right and center-left parties. This trend is observably continuing today, bringing about masculine discourse and practices in the hegemonic approach to politics.