Governing women's morality

Abstract

International audienceThe veiling of Muslim women is subject to strongly contested ideas about whether the veil is a symbol of women's subordination to an oppressive tradition or a means of emancipation from that tradition. This article suggests that women's own personal reasons for veiling must be analysed. Data collected from published documents from Muslim organizations allows for demonstration that the veil is configured as central to an Islamic moral code of female modesty. A further analysis of findings from interviews conducted with veiled Muslim women in Winnipeg shows the nuanced ways in which women enact this code

An investigation of the divergences and convergences of trait empathy across two cultures

“…In the same way, studies examining gender differences in moral sensitivity, a related concept to empathy (Decety, Michalska, & Kinzler, 2011), evidenced similar score divergence across American and Turkish participants (Sigma-Mugan, Daly, Onkal, & Kavut, 2005). Gender roles and identities are influenced by society and cultural norms, thus, empathic behaviors would vary across gender and culture (e.g., Atasoy, 2006;Phillips, 2003).…”