The Impasse of the Woman in the Dilemma of Family and Working Life

Authors : Merve Çiloğlu

Pages : 92-113

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Publication Date : 2014-12-01

Article Type : Research

Abstract :One of the concepts and definitions, which can be assessed as gates opening into our world, is the current position of ‘woman’ who has been torn away at the roots with modernism and re-defined in view of historical tensions. The aforementioned position is established by transferring woman from family life into the working life; because it has been believed that they gain independence in this way. However, women who are encouraged to be in the working life also face numerous impasses. The egalitarian perspective postpones merit and justice which end in the otherization of women. Consequently, women cannot exist either in family or working life; therefore, they shoulder the burden of both Lebensraums and find themselves in an impasse
Keywords : Woman, family, gender, modernism, economy, working life