Gender stereotypes in Golestan and Bustan Sa’adi "Based on the combined model of McIvens (2001) and Taylor (2003)"

One of the ways to discover and understand the dominant discourses of society, historical period or a specific group is to examine and analyze gender stereotypes. Gender stereotypes are uniform images and stereotypes about the specific behaviors of women and men that are presented and accepted without examination and testing. In this regard, Maciones (2001) and Taylor (2003) have presented a model that includes seven main and fundamental items about gender stereotypes. Since Sa’adi is one of the writers and thinkers in the cultural and social fields of the 7th century, it is important to examine his works from the perspective of representing gender stereotypes in the literary, historical and social context. For this purpose, in this research, two important works of Sa’adi, Golestan and Bustan, are examined and analyzed according to the mentioned model. The findings of the research show that six out of the seven items of this model are represented in Golestan and Bustan in the form of different expressions and stories, and Saadi and his community have a positive attitude towards these items. From this point of view, women are timid, weak, passive, cooperative, submissive, dependent, emotional, beautiful, delicate, less intelligent and less talented.