Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• zhila kardan halvaee ¹
• eskandar fathiazar ²
• yousef adib ¹

¹ tabriz university

² tzbrizuniversity

Abstract

According to the role of the textbooks in the concept of gender, this research was conducted by the aim of the investigation on the perception of the female students’ experiences perception on the gender concept in the textbooks. This research is qualitative and it is based on the interpretative paradigm conducted by the phenomenology research. The data were collected by semi-structured interviews with twelve female students of first and second years of Bachelor of Science degree in order to complete data collection. In this study, for measuring of the reliability of the data, the validity and reliability of the data, transferability and dependability were used. For analysis of the interview data Van Mannen method was used. The results of this research are based on three themes of feeling of gender inequality, the role and characteristics of woman and gender inequality consequences. The results show that feeling of gender inequality has two secondary occupational and political themes. Personal role, social role, physical characteristics and emotional characteristics are secondary themes of the role and characteristics of woman and consequences including increase of progress motivation and social dynamicity lead to reducing of the women social status and gender identity crisis.

Keywords

• textbook
• Phenomenology
• Gender Inequality
• inequality consequences