Unpacking the nexus of ethnoreligious identity, minority status, and young men’s feminist self-identification in Turkey

This article explores how young men in Turkey navigate the influence of ethnoreligious identity and minority status on their gender-egalitarian stances. While prior research suggests that experiences of marginalization can foster empathy for other oppressed groups, this study reveals a more complex relationship. Interviews with Kurdish, Alevi, and Arab Alawite men, alongside their Sunni Turkish peers, point to an indirect connection between ethnoreligious discrimination and the development of feminist allyship. The findings underscore that it is not marginalization alone, but the interplay of communal gender norms, theological interpretations, and political socialization, that shapes young men's engagement with feminist ideals.