Abstract The current qualitative research was conducted with the aim of discovering the perception of adolescent girls aged 13-15 in Boldaji city about their gender in a phenomenological way. For this purpose, a semi-structured interview was conducted with 22 adolescent female students aged 13-15 years old in Boldaji city. The data was analyzed using the Colaizzi method. The results in the form of three main themes and seventeen sub-themes include: 1-a- Perceived limitations in the family: creation of limitations in the type of clothing and appearance, creation of limitations in communication with friends/peers, limitations in going out of the house, approval of brother's violence /Father against sister/daughter under the title of preserving honor and zeal, defining the daughter as the honor of the family, limiting the choice of sports fields. 1-b- Perceived limitations in the society: limitation in the type of clothing, limitation in using recreational places, limitation in expressing feelings of anger/objection, limitation in the manifestation of passionate emotions, limitation in choosing a future job. 2- Perceived negative characteristics: domineering, naive, dependent 3- Perceived positive characteristics: lovable, kind and compassionate, with high academic motivation, were extracted. Keywords: perception, girls, adolescent, gender, phenomenology.

perception girls adolescent gender phenomenology