Between Women and the State: Male Political Subject

Abstract

This chapter is situated at the heart of this research. The section on dissenting views and gender discusses those who are critical of the established order. In the section entitled ``Beneath the State,'' the male political subject's marginalization is discussed as manifested during Gezi Park protests in Turkey. In this section, the patterns of oppression are introduced, namely helplessness as privilege, power over instead of power within, and overcompensation of damage. In the section on sexual torture, the intersection of two different modes of patriarchal oppression has been discussed. The male political subject is situated on both sides of the ruler-subject binary, as exemplified in the Gezi Park protests. Finally, the chapter aims to answer the research question: why does the state allow men to oppress women?