Ma`rifat-e Farhangi Ejtemai, Volume 17, Issue 3, No 67, Year 2026, Pages 95-118

    Meaning-making Gendered Notions in Men's Perceptions of Women's Education in Afghanistan (Case study of Mazar-i-Sharif)

    Article Type: 
    Research
    Writers:
    Zahra Moshfeq / PhD Student in Women's Studies, University of Religions and Denominations, Qom, Iran / zahra.moshfeq1@gmail.com
    Mansoreh Zarean / Department of Social Sciences and population Studies, Women's Research Center, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran / m.zarean@alzahra.ac.ir
    ✍️ Khadijeh Barzegar / Assistant Professor, Department of Women and Family Studies, University of Religions and Denominations, Qom, Iran / kh.barzegar@urd.ac.ir
    95-118 2025/12/21 2026/02/15 2026/09/06
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    Abstract: 
    The subject of this research is formal women's education in Afghanistan and its issue of gendered notions that create meaning in men's perceptions of formal women's education in Afghanistan. Despite social changes and modernity, women's education in traditional societies like Afghanistan is an important component in studies and research in the field of women and the family for various social, cultural, religious, political, and economic reasons. The research was conducted with a qualitative approach of content analysis and data collection was conducted using semi-structured interviews with men (single and married) aged 20-60 living in Mazar-i-Sharif. Conducting the interviews, more than 310 open codes were obtained. A review of the open codes resulted in 120 primary codes, 16 secondary codes, and finally 4 central codes. "The link between female identity and household skills," "concern for gender-based moral and religious order," "the continuation of male authority in the shadow of female limitation and deprivation," and "the empowerment of educated women amidst threats and admiration" are the central codes of the research. The research findings show that women's education in the discourse of the men studied has a dual and tense nature; meaning that women's education is considered an inevitable necessity and in line with the needs of modern society, and at the same time, it is perceived as threatening the dominant gender order and hegemonic masculinity.
    Keywords: 
    gender notions and education
    Women
    Gender order
    Afghanistan
    men
    چکیده و کلیدواژه فارسی (Persian)
    Title :انگاره‌های جنسیتی معناساز در تلقی مردان از آموزش زنان در افغانستان (مطالعة موردی مزارشریف)
    Abstract: 
    موضوع پژوهش حاضر آموزش رسمی زنان در افغانستان و مسئلة آن، انگاره‌های جنسیتی معناساز در تلقی مردان از آموزش رسمی زنان در افغانستان است. با وجود تحولات اجتماعی و مدرنیته، آموزش زنان در جوامع سنتی مانند افغانستان به دلایل مختلف اجتماعی، فرهنگی، دینی، سیاسی و اقتصادی یکی از مؤلفه‌های مهم در مطالعات و پژوهش‌های حوزة زنان و خانواده است. پژوهش با رویکرد کیفی از نوع تحلیل محتوا و با استفاده از مصاحبة نیمه‌ساختاریافته با مردان (مجرد و متأهل) 20ـ60 ساله ساکن مزارشریف گردآوری داده‌ها انجام شده است. پس از پیاده‌سازی مصاحبه‌ها، بیش از 310 کد باز به‌دست آمد، بازنگری در کدهای باز به 120 کد اولیه، 16 کد ثانویه و در نهایت 4 کد محوری منجر شد. «پیوند هویت زنانه با شایستگی‌های خانه‌داری»، «دغدغة نظم اخلاقی و دینی جنسیت‌محور»، «استمرار اقتدار مردانه در سایة محدودیت و محرومیت زنانه» و «توانمندی زنان تحصیل‌کرده در میانة تهدید و تحسین» کدهای محوری پژوهش هستند. یافته‌های پژوهش نشان می‌دهد که آموزش زنان در گفتمان مردان مورد مطالعه، ماهیتی دوگانه و تنش‌آمیز دارد؛ به این معنا که آموزش زنان به‌مثابة یک ضرورت اجتناب‌ناپذیر و هم‌راستا با نیازهای جامعة مدرن تلقی می‌شود و هم‌زمان به‌عنوان تهدیدکنندة نظم جنسیتی مسلط و مردانگی هژمونیک ادراک می‌شود.
    Keywords: 
    انگاره‌های جنسیتی
    ‌آموزش
    زنان
    نظم جنسیتی
    افغانستان
    مردان
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    Moshfeq, Z, Zarean, M, Barzegar, K. Meaning-making Gendered Notions in Men's Perceptions of Women's Education in Afghanistan (Case study of Mazar-i-Sharif). Ma`rifat-e Farhangi Ejtemai, 2026; 17(3): 95-118