Masculinity in Crisis: The Case of Palestinians in Israel

Sa’ar, Amalia; Yahia-Younis, Taghreed

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“…Furthermore, discrimination and exclusion have prevented Palestinian women from taking advantage of the many opportunities modern service economy and women liberation offer (Herzog 1998Kanaaneh 2002;Kraus 2002: Ch. 9;Semyonov 1992, 1994;Sa'ar and Yahia-Younis 2008;Swirski 2000;Yonay and Kraus 2009). Another reason that Palestinian women have not fully enjoyed the achievements of the women's movement was the political cooptation of traditional Palestinian elites by the state and the consequent repression of progressive forces within the Palestinian society.…”

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confidence: 95%

Palestinians in the Israeli Labor Market

Khattab¹,

Miaari²

2013

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Palestinians in the Israeli Labor Market

Khattab¹,

Miaari²

2013

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“…Th e Palestinian social order is oft en characterized as highly gendered, with women subjected to male domination through state application of Islamic law in personal status courts, and the construction of familial patriarchy as a symbol of authenticity and distinction from the surrounding Jewish environment (Ginat 1997). Th e exclusion of Palestinian women from power positions in local governing bodies (Herzog and Yahia-Younis 2007) and their low wages (Sa'ar and Yahia- Younis 2008) are additional evidence of this unequal regime. Female identity has thus remained largely focused on one's spousal and maternal roles (Haj-Yahia 2003).…”

Section: Research Settings Palestinian Citizens Of Israelmentioning

confidence: 96%

“…However, in practice, this minority population has been subjected to signifi cant formal and informal discrimination (Ghanem 1998;Shafir and Peled 2002;Smooha 2002;Mossawa Center 2006;Sa'ar and Yahya-Younis 2008). First, more than 260,000 Palestinians live within Israel as "internally displaced persons" (IDPs), removed from their original homes but still resident within the country.…”

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Masculinity and Marginality

Birenbaum‐Carmeli¹,

Inhorn²

2009

Journal of Middle East Women's Studies

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Male infertility, which contributes to roughly 60–70% of infertility cases in the Middle East, is especially agonizing in this region, where fatherhood is crucial to achieving masculine adulthood and community standing. In this paper, we compare the infertility experience of two groups of Palestinian men, one living in Israel and the other in Lebanon. The study is based on ethnographic interviews conducted with 24 men between 2003 and 2007. The findings cluster at three levels of daily experience. At the subjective level, men express a sense of “asynchronization,” namely, feeling as if they are lagging behind or deviating from the normal masculine life trajectory. At the community level, men vary greatly in their disclosure practices, but all are preoccupied with monitoring the flow of infertility-related information. We attribute the centrality of this gate-keeping activity to the stigma of infertility and related treatments. At the societal level, the state’s role acquires heightened significance, owing to the marginalized minority status of Palestinian men in both countries. Our comparison reveals two contrasting situations: In Lebanon, the high cost of treatment places it beyond the reach of many Palestinians, thus epitomizing their civil marginality and poverty. In Israel, where fertility treatment is state-funded, eligibility on the grounds of one’s Israeli citizenship comprises a relatively positive experience for Palestinian men, who are otherwise routinely discriminated against in crucial life domains. More generally, the study illustrates how advanced fertility treatments, in their global spread, serve to entrench ideas of reproductive normalcy, individuality, and citizenship.

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“…2 I have chosen the title "Israeli Palestinian," which admittedly may sound offensive to Jews and Arabs alike, because it reflects the dual components of their inclusion and exclusion with respect to the state. For a more elaborate discussion of identity politics among the Palestinians inside Israel, see Sa'ar (2007); Amalia Sa'ar and Taghreed Yahya-Younis (2008). 3 This review does not include Palestinian women in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, whose LFP is generally much lower and more precarious still.…”

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The Gender Contract under Neoliberalism: Palestinian-Israeli Women's Labor Force Participation

Sa’ar

2016

Feminist Economics

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This paper interprets the pressure to raise Palestinian-Israeli women's labor force participation within the unfolding neoliberal project in Israel, arguing that women's stalled workforce integration reflects embedded economic rationality. Poor infrastructure and discriminatory policies, combined with Israel's rapid economic privatization, set contradictory expectations for Palestinian-Israeli women: their opportunity-cost calculations include entitlements to economic protection alongside obligations to provide expenditure-saving domestic labor. Yet growing pressure and desire to join the paid workforce suggest that the gender contract may be changing. This cultural schema, which links women's economic strategizing to their sense of feminine propriety, is transforming as part of a broader transition to a market-led gender regime, with the paradoxical effect of encouraging women's employment while simultaneously impoverishing them. By dwelling on the dialectics of culture and the structure of work opportunities, and women's agency, this paper aims to resolves an impasse in the current debate on women's low workforce participation.

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Masculinity in Crisis: The Case of Palestinians in Israel

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Palestinians in the Israeli Labor Market

Palestinians in the Israeli Labor Market

Masculinity and Marginality

The Gender Contract under Neoliberalism: Palestinian-Israeli Women's Labor Force Participation

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