Abstract:

The main aim of this article is to measure the gender perception of the students of Imam Hatip High School. In this context, focus group interview was made on the findings in the theoretical section, while open-ended questions were asked to a total of sixteen Imam Hatip High School students, including eight girls and eight males. According to this, the students in the study group are positively approaching the existence of girls' schooling / women's education and women's working life. However, it is seen that students are going to gender discrimination about education branch and job selection. Women's political representation, leadership, discrimination between women and men roles and responsibilities, influence on women's decision-making within the family, and opposition between students on traditional pattern judgments. While many of the proverbs that have become symbols of traditional stereotypes about social sex and the students who interpret the idioms consider these idioms as absurd, has traditionally responded more closely to economic decisions within the family or to home living and has placed more economic responsibility on the man. As a result, the gender perceptions of the students of the Imam Hatip High School could be evaluated neither as completely traditional nor as totally modern, according to the interview obtained with the working group. It can be said that when the way out of the working group, the gender perception of the students of Imam Hatip High School shows a clear profile. Therefore, it seems that a number of regulations aimed at lifting gender discrimination in education can change students' perceptions. This change will be effective in destroying negative traditional judgments against women.

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