The Feminine and Masculine Dimensions of Earthquakes: A Gender-focused Sociological Research on the Victims of the 2023 Kahramanmaraş / Türkiye Earthquakes

Objective: The current study aims to make sociological inferences on the victims of the 2023 Kahramanmaraş / Türkiye earthquakes in terms of gender. Method: The participants of the study are 36 (19 women, 17 men) Kahramanmaraş / Türkiye earthquake doublet victims who were older than 18 and who settled to Samsun province of Türkiye after the disaster. The qualitative data were collected through in-depth interview technique and were analyzed through content analysis by using MAXQDA 2022 qualitative data analysis computer aided program to make contribution for increasing the reliability of the research. Findings: The findings of the study, which were compatible with those of the former disaster literature, indicated that the earthquake doublet occurred consecutively rocking 11 provinces of Türkiye had effects on each and every resident living in those area regardless as their genders. Conclusion: As women had already been vulnerable with pre-existing inequalities, this vulnerability further exacerbated and deepened, and a secondary disadvantage as being earthquake victims with more mortality rates make them experience multi-crisis.