@article{2020,title={The Status of Women in Socıal Life at Islamic Women’s Catechisms: A Comparison Between Female and Male Authors},abstractNode={Islamic Catechisms are the daily life guides which Muslims can gain knowledge about prayers, belief and ethic and which mention the belief, practice, experience, knowledge and consequences dimensions of religious life. These books can be written for various purposes such as different occupations, necessities, age groups and genders. The aim of this study is to compare the women and men authors of the Islamic Women’s Catechisms in terms of the status of women in social life. Within this context, this qualitative study conducted through content analysis strategy and feminist epistemology approach, was run within two categories. These categories are women in working life and women in terms of social rights. The readings and analysis demonstrated that women in working life can be subcategorized as labor force participation, gender based occupational discrimination and providing justice for wages; women in terms of social rights can be subcategorized as educational rights, right of succession and proprietary and political rights. The results of the study, in brief, show that both female and male authors reflected gender inequalities to their writings. Another finding is that even if they are female the women, authors mention the problematic fields for women less than those of males. },author={Senem GÜRKAN-Erkan PERŞEMBE},year={2020},journal={Turkish Studies-Comparative Religious Studies}}