women entering to male jobs: causes and consequences qualitative exploration of expert's views

Gender as one of social and cultural determinant factors, effects many dimensions of women including their occupation and can effect on the types of male and female jobs. Nowadays, gender segregation of jobs in Iran is gradually being taken. Nevertheless, social policy making in this subject needs scientific studies. It seems necessary to take advantage of qualitative methods.In this qualitative study using focus group discussions of 19 experts on women and families about the phenomenon of women presence in occupations and its causes were questioned and discussed.The findings of the data and thematic analysis showed three types of views including: supporters and opponents and intermediate. Individual and communicative capability elevation, economic and social justice realization is mensioned as positive implications of women entering to male jobs. In some experts’ views, seperation of women jobs holds back their talent breeding, strengthening gende beliefs in society and economic-gender inbalance. But opponents of women entering to male jobs see this entrance equivalent with women distancing from women world, identity and personality inbalance, physical and mental exhusion, reduction of marriage opportunity, sexual and etical insecurity and male reactions to them.