PERIOD TABOO AND PERIOD POVERTY IN TURKIYE: COHORT COMPARISON

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2024-12

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Zey, Cansel

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Menstruation, which is experienced by approximately half of the population, is a stigmatized, hidden, concealed, and unspoken phenomenon despite being a part of daily life. Literature and studies in both the world and Türkiye are limited. This thesis, which aims to fill the gap in the literature, focuses on the concepts of period, period taboo, and period poverty in light of feminist methodology. While examining these concepts, in total 32 semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted focusing on the experiences of menstruators between the ages of 18-25 and 40 and above in Türkiye. The differences in the menstrual experiences of these two groups were examined. During this examination, feminist methodology, intersectionality, queer theory, and body politics were utilized. The aim of comparing these two groups is to observe how different generations perceive period, to understand how habits have changed, to analyze how age factor shape period experiences and to examine whether period taboo and period poverty are still inherent in society.

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period taboo, period poverty, menstruation, gender, Türkiye, regl tabusu, regl yoksulluğu, menstrüasyon, toplumsal cinsiyet

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/112981

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Graduate School of Social Sciences, Thesis