Dualism of Discrimination and Hope,A trajectory of gender discrimination among middle-class women in Tabriz, a grounded theory

The present study aims to study the trajectory of the formation of gender discrimination among middle-class women in Tabriz. Using a qualitative approach and grounded theory, a number of women in Tabriz were selected and studied using theoretical sampling. Theoretical sampling continues until data saturation occurs. Data were collected and analyzed using open coding, axial coding and selective coding and the findings were presented in the form of story line (15 main categories and one core category) and paradigm model. In general, the results of the study showed that women face dualism of discrimination and hope due to their culture. This duality results from women's psychosocial subordination in addition to the rule of gender constraints. In such situations, coping strategies (retrospective utopian / psychosocial subordination / hyperactivity) are activated in women. However, these strategies are also associated with some consequences in these women. In fact, women, besides all the discrimination and the struggle to eliminate them, live their lives with duality of discrimination and hope to achieve to their real place.