Social gender according to health workers (Nazi̇lli̇ State Hospital sample)

In this thesis, it is surveyed the impacts of social gender on individuals working in the health sector and explained the main differences between gender and social gender. Gender occurs in the womb and it is a biological concept; social gender is a set of standart which is shaped by the society living in the community according to the biological identity. In this study; within these concepts, social gender equality and the perception of the roles in society are included. While determining the attitudes towards social gender roles in this study, family, friends, work and school environment and mass media were examined. It is mentioned that male and female gender are affected by the social gender identity. It was stated that it has been effective in marital status and having children at the level of social status and approaching to nursing profession for nurses. Moreover, patriarchal traditions, education level, gender, socio-economic status , organizational factors and marital status have affected to the approach of nursing profession and social status. Research results have shown that participants have the high level of social status. It has been found out that there is a significant relationship between the demographic and profession differences of participants and their social gender perspectives. As a result , it has been examined the adaptation level of male and female social gender roles in the society they live; It has been concluded that these roles bring a number of sanctions and restrictions to both men and women , women are affected more than men by these sanctions. Keywords : Gender, Social Gender, Violence, Equality, Social Gender Roles