Yol is a 1982 movie and directed by Yılmaz Güney. In 1982, there was a kind of tyranny in Turkey so; story of the movie is about some prisoners lives who were arrested at that time by government. Moreover, context of the movie reflects gender roles and also we can understand 1980s Turkish society’s perspective on gender and sex.
First of all, sex is biological or genetic component while gender is constructed by society, meaning that society determines the behavior, think or feeling of men and women. For example, in the movie Mevlüt who is one prisoner go to Gaziantep in order to see his fiancee. When he goes to home then, all men who are in the house eat dinner but women do not eat and they just serve men. This situation is normal for them because society construct this situation. At that time, people thought that each woman must serve their husband. In addition, Mevlüt and his fiancée go jaunt and Mevlüt explains his expectation of his fiancée. He says that “We'll marry as soon as I get released. As the head of the family my word counts. You'll have to accept everything I say. You won't talk to men or joke with them. I'll get mad. You won't talk with other men except for you brothers and closed relatives. You'll do what I say. You won't go against my word. I will determine what you will do and put on.”. This conversation shows that Mevlüt dominant character of family. We can say that there is a kind of patriarchy because males exploiting women’s labour in the household and excluding women from public life. Consequently, According to Mevlüt, his roles take care of his wife and interfere in his wife’s private life. The position of Mevlüt is head of the family.
Secondly, Seyit Ali’s wife is good example of gender roles. When Seyit Ali arrested his wife left her children and cheated on someone. We can understand from that, female roles are taking care of her children and becoming loyal wife to her husband. Her wife was punished for these crimes. They did not give any food and let her to do bath. They did not see her as human being any more. In addition, Seyit Ali’ wife did not resist this situation. She consented to do nothing and just waiting die. In this direction we can say that women are not questioning their gender roles. They do not aware of themselves. Woman roles just take care of her children and become royal wife. The position of women is a kind of servant for the society.
To conclude, Entire of the movie men dominate women. According to society men are superior to women.
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