Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• Samad Abedini ¹
• Samad Rasoolzadeh Aghdam ²
• Parviz Saboori Kazaj ³

¹ Assistant Professor of Sociology, Islamic Azad University, Khalkhal Branch

² Associate Professor of Sociology, Shahid Madani University, Tabriz

³ PhD Student of Sociology of Social Studies of Iran, Islamic Azad University, Khalkhal

Abstract

Understanding how opportunities and resources are distributed is effective in shaping inequalities. The perception of gender justice is influenced by discourse space and subjective structures. The purpose of this study is to conduct a deeper study of gender justice in the context of ethnicity as a socio-cultural context of social phenomena, using qualitative method of a qualitative Grounded Theory method. The sampling method of this study is purposive type of Maximum Variation Sampling. In-depth interviews with 19 subjects of different ethnicities including Turk, Kurd and Gilak continued until theoretical saturation. The types of perceptions of gender justice and its categories and determinants were explored using the Grounded Theory method by MAXQDA software. The findings of the study showed that Ethnicities have two types of perceptions of gender justice: i) perception of traditional gender justice and ii) perceptions of modern gender justice. They also redefined the perceptions of gender justice into four major categories including the perceptions of ritual of gender justice, the perceptions of gender justice in empowerment, the perception of exchange in gender justice, and the perceptions of justice in freedom of action. The factors discovered in the emergence of gender justice from the narratives are emotional, symbolic, cultural, economic, and social capitals, stereotype.

Keywords

• Perceptions of gender justice
• ethnicity
• social capital
• stereotype