Download or read book The Patriarchal Paradox written by Yeşim Arat and published by Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An investigation that reveals the paradoxical nature of the patriarchal ties that bind Turkish women politicians. These women are also Muslim women expressing themselves in a political medium both secular and democratic, yet in a context in which neither secular nor democratic politics is firmly embedded.