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The aim of this study is to determine the concept of being a "woman academic" by means of metaphors that women academics who work in the field of tourism describe in their minds with which symbols. The research group of the study is made up of women academics who work at universities that provide tourism education throughout Turkey. Participants were asked to compare the female academic to anything and to explain why they did this compare. In the study in which the quality research pattern is used, the data is analyzed using the content analysis technique. The topics produced most metaphors have been the topics "what should fight", "have multiple tasks" and "women academic as an employee". The other topics are the topics of “smallful”, “depressed”, “producing”, “a miraculous being”, “energy”, “powerful”, “crowded”, “route indicator”, “who should fit” and “women academic as one who should balance.”

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