The study was conducted to determine academicians' perceptions of and views on social gender roles. In this research, the phenomenology design, one of the qualitative research models, was used. The study group were the academicians who were working in universities located in various provinces in Turkey and who were volunteer to participate in the research. In the study, purposive sample type from non-random sample types were utilized. In this research, five questions about gender were asked to the academicians as a means of data collection. The questions were prepared with Google Docs and collected via e-mail and Facebook. The study group consisted of 71 academicians in total. The collected documents formed the main data source of the research. The data obtained in the research were analyzed by content analysis. The results from this study can be listed as follows: 49 academicians said that there was social inequality in the family and 22 academicians said that there was no difference. 31 academician stated that gender was an influencing factor in getting a job, 15 academicians stated that gender was not an influencing factor in getting a job and 25 academicians said that this situation would change according to profession and organization. 45 academicians stated that gender was an influencing factor in being selected as a manager, 17 academicians said that it was not an influencing factor in being selected as a manager, 9 academicians stated that this would change depending on the situation. 24 academicians pointed out that gender was an influencing factor in professional promotion, 39 scholars believed that it was not an influencing factor in this and 8 academicians stated that this would change depending on the situation. 56 academics stated that gender was an influencing factor in choosing a profession, 10 academicians stated that it was not an influencing factor and 5 academicians said that this would change depending on the situation.