A discourse analysis of parents’ attitudes towards their children’s gender in Turkey

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Sibel Baykut
Bahcesehir University, Istanbul, Turkey
Ali Rahimi
Associate Professor, Bangkok University, Bangkok, Thailand

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Children’s gender is a very sensitive issue intertwined with a myriad of psychophysiological and sociopolitical parameters. It plays an important role in determining women’s status in the household and men’s status within the male community at large. In some societies, there is a stigma attached to female children. Giving birth to a baby girl or not having a son can lead to the feelings of shame, embarrassment, disillusionment and ignominy on the side of the parents, specially for the mothers who have to see having sons as the signs of prestige, popularity and glory. Strangely enough, the male-dominated society treats sonless fathers as impotent! This study has been an attempt to shed some light on the interplay between love, gender, discourse, emotions and identity. The whole process of the interrelation between love, gender and behavioural patterns is surrounded by prejudice, hegemonic patriarchal discourse and cultural beliefs and value systems.


Keywords: Motherhood, gender, fatherhood, love, discourse, patriarchal attitude, identity, preference for male children

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Baykut, S., & Rahimi, A. (2016). A discourse analysis of parents’ attitudes towards their children’s gender in Turkey. Global Journal of Psychology Research: New Trends and Issues, 6(2), 94–102. https://doi.org/10.18844/gjpr.v6i2.348
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