Journal of the Turkic World Women Studies

IS THE MILITARY SERVICE DREAM OF REPUBLIC WOMEN BECOMING A FEMALE SOLDIER?

2025-03-15T14:21:46+03:00

From the Balkan War to the War of Independence, Turkish women living in the Ottoman Empire began to see themselves as individuals in many areas and worked and produced on behalf of their country accordingly. The only difference between women who filled the gap in employment behind the front lines, especially with the societies founded by women and the Women's Workers' Battalion, and the men in the barracks was that they did not receive training. Women who served in the defense of the homeland together with men in the War of Independence also demanded equal rights after the war. In the face of this demand, men were disturbed by women's presence in certain areas and sometimes criticized this situation, and sometimes tried to ignore women's demands by making fun of them. While it is seen in the book that there is a "masculine" structure that opposes Turkish women working in some professions, women who accept this masculinity and defend it as right are also included. In this respect, the work prepared by Fatmagül Demirel includes an important deficiency in terms of women's studies and gender.

HOW SEXISM AFFECTS VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN: THE MEDIATING ROLE OF MISOGYNY

2025-02-18T13:01:25+03:00

Violence against women (VAW) is a gender-based social issue. Gender indicators include benevolent sexism (BS), hostile sexism (HS), and hostility toward women (HTW). The gender basis of violence is revealed by evidence of the association between these indicators and VAW. The research traces this association by focusing on the mediating role of misogyny (hostility toward women) in the association between sexism and VAW. Five hundred seventy-nine adult male participants represented our sample (M_age= 26, SD= 6). We administered the ambivalent sexism scale, using dimensions of BS (α= .87) and HS (α= .89), HTW (α= .77), and attitude toward the VAW scale (α= .91). The research results showed that HS's total, direct, and indirect effects on attitudes toward VAW were significant. However, only the total and direct effects of BS were significant, and its indirect effect was not significant. HS's prediction of negative attitudes toward VAW through HTW supported the gender basis of violence. While BS, a form of gender-based discrimination, directly predicts negative attitudes toward VAW, HTW does not strengthen the association between BS and negative attitudes toward VAW. Once more, our results underline the critical role of gender-based policies and practices in preventing VAW.
Keywords: Violence Against Women, Sexism, Benevolent Sexism, Hostile Sexism, Misogyny (Hostility Toward Women).

Women's Psychological Preparedness for Disaster

2025-03-04T11:35:38+03:00

Disaster is considered as a natural, technology or human-induced event that causes physical, economic and social losses for the whole or certain segments of the society, stops or interrupts normal life and human activities, and in which the coping capacity of the affected society is insufficient. People are caught unprepared for disasters, the number and severity of which have increased in recent years, and they may experience both physiological and psychological difficulties due to the effects of disasters.It is very important to be psychologically prepared for disasters in order to be protected from the negative effects of the problems that occur as a result of disasters, and psychological preparation is valuable because it forms the basis of physical preparation. Risky groups in the society they live in are more affected by disasters, so special initiatives for these groups should be included in the response plans and one of these risky groups is women. At the same time, due to their nature and social roles, women can play important roles in disaster management by showing the right approach in the pre-disaster preparation period, during and after the disaster. In this article, it is aimed to convey the psychological preparation of women to disasters to the reader.

A Global Perspective on Women's Health: K-Means Cluster Analysis

2025-03-18T15:47:09+03:00

Assessing women's health at the global level is critical to understanding gender inequalities, socioeconomic dynamics, and the effectiveness of health policies. This study aims to compare women's health indicators in different countries using K-means cluster analysis and group countries with similar profiles.

In the study, criteria regarding women's health from the data provided by the World Bank were used. Using the k-means clustering method, countries were divided into C1 and C2 categories according to health indicators. C1 countries are generally developing or underdeveloped countries and are affected by deficiencies in health infrastructure and socioeconomic inequalities. C2 countries consist of developed or rapidly developing countries with high living standards and strong health systems. The results of the study highlight key factors that policymakers should pay attention to to improve women's health. The findings provide recommendations for improving health policies and reducing global health inequalities.

The Role of Pscychological Flexibility in the Relationship Between Body Image and Life Satisfaction in Adult Women

2025-02-21T17:34:26+03:00

The aim of this study is to investigate the relationships between body image, life satisfaction and psychological flexibility in adult women, as well as to determine the mediating role of psychological flexibility in the relationship between body image and life satisfaction.According to the analysis conducted at the end of the study, a statistically significant and positive relationship between life satisfaction and body image was found, as well as between life satisfaction and certain sub-dimensions of psychological flexibility. Additionally, a statistically significant and positive relationship was identified between some sub-variables of body image and psychological flexibility. Examining the results of the mediation analysis, it was determined that psychological flexibility plays a partial mediating role in the relationship between body image and life satisfaction Furthermore, participants in the age range of 36-45, married, satisfied with their physical appearance, and with a high income level had higher average life satisfaction scores. It was also observed that participants who engaged in dieting, were satisfied with their physical appearance, and had a high income level had higher average body image scores based on their weight loss efforts.

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DRUG USE IN PREGNANCY AND TERATOGENICITY

2025-03-23T12:28:30+03:00

The rate of drug use during pregnancy has been increasing in recent years and it is increasing unconsciously day by day. Mitcell et al. reported that more than 70% of women used at least 1 over-the-counter (OTC) drug in the first trimester of pregnancy and approximately 50% used 1 or more drugs. Especially in the first trimester of pregnancy, drug use has increased 4 or more times in the last 30 years on a package basis, and the rate of drug use in pregnant women has increased up to 3 times. At the same time, the rate of prescription drug use has increased by more than 60 per cent in the last 30 years. Pregnancy is generally defined as a temporary and long-term process in women's lives. Certain physiological and anatomical differences are observed in the mother's body from the early stages of pregnancy to the birth process and even in later processes. With these physiological differences, the use of drugs is of great importance for the expectant mother and fetus, as the teratogenic effects of many drugs on the market have not been fully resolved. If the teratogenic effects of drugs are ignored, harmful effects are observed for the foetus, whereas if the teratogenic effect is taken as a basis, it may lead to consequences such as inability to treat the expectant mother and termination of pregnancy even if it is not desired. For this reason, health personnel such as pharmacists, doctors and nurses should be more careful in this regard.