Abstract :
Purpose: The notion of “gender segregation” in the universities
has often been challenged with different concurring and opposing
theories. The issue has been further highlighted in Farhangian
University. Although all the qualifiers in this university, prior to and
during admission process, have been cognizant of such gender
segregation, some elicit resistive responses pursuant to admission
and passing some semesters, and then they present their
commentary on the relevant implications. The present research
seeks to investigate the consequences to gender segregation form
the students’ perspective. Methodology: By applying a semistandard
interview and a purposive-qualitative procedure, an indepth
interview was performed on 33 students studying at least 5
semesters in the university, and the interview was terminated based
on theoretical saturation. For data analysis, grounded theory was
applied. Finding: The research findings were divided into 18
principal categories, and the category “dubiety (Tashkik, in Islamic
Terminology) over gender segregation” was semantically
reconstructed. The consequences of the dubiety were categorized
in the two groups including consensus and inconsistent (i.e.
contradictory) consequences. Conclusion: In the end, the
research findings were presented in the form of a researcher-made
model.
