Narratives of Israeli Women in Retirement: Rewriting the Gender Contract

Berkovitch, Nitza; Manor, Shlomit

doi:10.1007/s11199-018-0918-4

Cited by 14 publications

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“…These ambivalent voices are consistent with findings by Berkovich and Manor (2018) on how Jewish Israeli women experience the retirement phase. On the one hand, they state that they do not see the role of grandmother as central to their lives.…”

Section: Resultssupporting

confidence: 88%

“When I Iron My Son’s Shirt, I Feel My Maternal Role”: Making Women’s Invisible Work Visible

Kaplan

Sabbah-Karkabi

Herzog

2020

Journal of Family Issues

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This article seeks to learn how women perceive invisible work and how it affects their lives. This article contributes to the integration of different manifestations of invisible work into a conceptual whole, especially in light of the fact that most research has confined itself to only one aspect such as care work, housework, or volunteering. Nine group interviews were conducted with Israeli mothers from differing ethnic, religious, class, and age groups. Analysis reveals that the distinctions between aspects of invisible work, such as housework and care work and between activities belonging to the private and public spheres are much more blurred in women’s lives than might be inferred from the academic literature. Furthermore, throughout the life course of women the meanings and expressions of invisible work evolve creating a continuous struggle. In describing their everyday activities, women challenge the socially constructed binary oppositions in the context of the neoliberal economy.

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Section: Resultssupporting

confidence: 88%

“When I Iron My Son’s Shirt, I Feel My Maternal Role”: Making Women’s Invisible Work Visible

Kaplan

Sabbah-Karkabi

Herzog

2020

Journal of Family Issues

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“…Masculine norms should be interpreted within a broader theoretical framework that places them as part of the gender contract. They may be understood as a cultural prescription that relates to specific gender arrangements in a given society ( Berkovitch & Manor, 2019 ). In Israel, these gender contracts include the heteronormative family, comprising a man and a woman who conduct themselves according to a gendered division of roles; the man is entrusted with generating income, and, in return, the woman is supposed to provide physical and emotional caregiving services to family members ( Berkovitch & Manor, 2019 ; Sa’ar, 2017 ).…”

Section: Economic Status and Men’s Mental Healthmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…They may be understood as a cultural prescription that relates to specific gender arrangements in a given society ( Berkovitch & Manor, 2019 ). In Israel, these gender contracts include the heteronormative family, comprising a man and a woman who conduct themselves according to a gendered division of roles; the man is entrusted with generating income, and, in return, the woman is supposed to provide physical and emotional caregiving services to family members ( Berkovitch & Manor, 2019 ; Sa’ar, 2017 ). Although this contract coalesced in the 19th century and has undergone various changes in the 20th century, it still shapes, largely, both the arrangements of the labor market and the identity and self-conceptions of individuals.…”

Section: Economic Status and Men’s Mental Healthmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Association Between Men’s Mental Health During COVID-19 and Deterioration in Economic Status

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This study investigated associations among economic status deterioration, mental health, and gender during the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 1,807 participants completed an online questionnaire that included demographic variables and questions measuring three mental health variables: psychological distress (as measured by symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress), adjustment disorder, and emotional eating. Results indicated that women reported higher mental health impairment than men. Men and women whose economic status significantly deteriorated because of the COVID-19 pandemic reported greater mental health impairment than those whose economic status did not significantly deteriorate. However, men whose economic status significantly deteriorated reported high mental health impairment (emotional eating and adjustment difficulties) similar to women in the same situation. This change in men’s reporting pattern suggests that the economic impact of COVID-19 severely impacted their mental health and affected how they view their masculinity, which, in turn, further impaired their mental health. As the COVID-19 outbreak has had a significant impact on mental health worldwide, it is important to identify individuals and groups who are at high risk of mental health impairment. The current study demonstrates that men’s distress, which is frequently complex to identify, can be detected using standardized measures and analyzing these according to changes in reporting patterns as opposed to simply examining means and frequencies. The results suggest that the COVID-19 crisis may provide an opportunity to understand more about mental health, in particular, that of men.

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“…These findings can perhaps be attributed to cultural expectations and social norms whose roots lie in patriarchal ideas about the way women and men should behave. As Israeli society is based on traditional family values (Berkovitch & Manor, 2019 ), women are more conventionalized and constrained by social norms (e.g., marriage and motherhood) that would limit alcohol and other drug use (Bonny-Noach and Shechory-Bitton, 2020 ). By contrast, men may feel more motivated to drink alcohol and use cannabis specifically as a means of demonstrating masculinity, facilitating aggression, exerting power, and taking risks (Hughes et al, 2016 ).…”

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Psychological factors and the use of psychoactive substances in relation to sexual orientation: A study on Israeli young adults

Bitton

Noach

2022

Curr Psychol

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In the context of sexual minorities and the distress they may experience, recent years have witnessed a trend emphasizing the idea that protective factors may curb risk behaviors, while stressing that not all sexual minorities do experience distress. However, protective factors have been studied less frequently than have risk factors. To the extent that protective factors are identified among those at risk for psychological distress and risk behaviors, strategies can seek to address risk by enhancing these protective factors. The current study aimed to expand the knowledge in this area by simultaneously examining protective and risk factors as well as by examining the association between sexual orientation, psychological distress, sense of coherence (SOC), social support (e.g., parental and peer relationships), and alcohol and cannabis use among Israeli young adults. A self-reported questionnaire was distributed to 496 young adults: 254 heterosexual participants and 242 homosexual participants. As hypothesized, participants with a same-sex orientation reported higher psychological distress, lower SOC, a weaker relationship with their parents, and a greater use of alcohol and cannabis than did heterosexual participants. Regression analyses indicated that low SOC, low family support, and low peer support predicted higher psychological distress. However, sexual orientation was not found to predict distress levels among young adults in Israel. Similarly, no associations were found between alcohol and cannabis use and psychological distress. The results are discussed within the framework of resilience factors that can serve as a barrier to distress and to the use of psychoactive substances among young adults in general and sexual minorities in particular.

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Narratives of Israeli Women in Retirement: Rewriting the Gender Contract

Cited by 14 publications

References 60 publications

“When I Iron My Son’s Shirt, I Feel My Maternal Role”: Making Women’s Invisible Work Visible

“When I Iron My Son’s Shirt, I Feel My Maternal Role”: Making Women’s Invisible Work Visible

The Association Between Men’s Mental Health During COVID-19 and Deterioration in Economic Status

Psychological factors and the use of psychoactive substances in relation to sexual orientation: A study on Israeli young adults

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