Sexualized Labor, Women’s Respectability and Gender Disparity in Casino Industry of North Cyprus

This is the first research of its type to investigate and describe the female working conditions at TRNC casinos. The study aims to investigate a host community's perception of the social and cultural impacts on female casino employees in Northern Cyprus, gender disparity within the casino organizations, female casino employee’s respectability and also sexual labor. The study also evaluates this perception in the context of the community's concerns about the struggles of women who work in North Cyprus casinos, and it develops information of the respondents in terms of their attitudes toward women who work in the North Cyprus casino industry. We have asked 4 introduction questions to analyze the participants age and other necessary information. Then went into semi structured interviews via internet and we asked 15 questions in total to 20 participants from different casinos located in North Cyprus. Our questions were focused on 3 aspects: Sexualized labor, women’s respectability, and gender disparity. After analyzing the study findings, we drew conclusions. According to the findings, women working in the Northern Cyprus casino industry encounter several challenges. Sexualized work, gender disparity, and their respectability are at the heart of these issues. Keywords: Women Employee, Casino, Tourism Development; Feminism, North Cyprus.