Pakistan: culture, community, and filial obligations in a Muslim society

Zaman, Riffat Moazam; Stewart, Sunita M.; Zaman, Taymiya R.

doi:10.1017/cbo9780511489822.032

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“…The family honor subscale, which is a part of the honor scale, asks participants how bad they would feel about themselves if they were to be behave or have reputations that threaten their family's social image (e.g., ‘you were unable to defend your family's reputation?’, ‘you did something to damage your family's reputation?’ Rodriguez Mosquera et al, ). Pakistanis valued the protection of their family's honor more than European Americans did, in line with previous research on these cultural groups (Rodriguez Mosquera & Imada, ; Zaman, Stewart, & Zaman, ).…”

Section: Family Honor: Interdependence Based On Shared Social Imagesupporting

confidence: 85%

“…' Rodriguez Mosquera et al, 2002a). Pakistanis valued the protection of their family's honor more than European Americans did, in line with previous research on these cultural groups (Rodriguez Mosquera & Imada, 2013;Zaman, Stewart, & Zaman, 2006). Importantly, a content analysis of the reports showed that Pakistanis and European Americans reported equivalent types of devaluation of their family (e.g., verbal insults).…”

Section: Family Honor: Interdependence Based On Shared Social Imagesupporting

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On the Importance of Family, Morality, Masculine, and Feminine Honor for Theory and Research

Mosquera

2016

Social & Personality Psych

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This paper presents an approach to honor as multifaceted. In this approach, honor is defined as having four different facets, or honor codes: morality‐based honor, family honor, masculine honor, and feminine honor. The honor‐as‐multifaceted approach has generated much psychological research examining the importance of each honor code across different cultural and social groups. An overview of this research shows that that the different honor codes exert a powerful influence on a variety of group processes, including collective action, in‐group identification, the definition of gendered roles within the family, in‐group responses to threats to collective honor, intergroup attitudes, and value change within groups. The paper discusses how defining and measuring honor as multifaceted ‐rather than as an unitary construct‐ provides a fuller understanding of honor's role in group life.

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Section: Family Honor: Interdependence Based On Shared Social Imagesupporting

confidence: 85%

Section: Family Honor: Interdependence Based On Shared Social Imagesupporting

confidence: 80%

On the Importance of Family, Morality, Masculine, and Feminine Honor for Theory and Research

Mosquera

2016

Social & Personality Psych

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“…In situations of divorce, women have few legal institutions to turn to for assistance, and the divorce rate in Pakistan is extremely low due to the associated stigma (11, 12). Religious misconceptions were also mentioned as reinforcing the suppression of women's rights.…”

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Gender roles and their influence on life prospects for women in urban Karachi, Pak0istan: a qualitative study

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Krantz²,

Gul³

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BackgroundPakistan is a patriarchal society where men are the primary authority figures and women are subordinate. This has serious implications on women's and men's life prospects.ObjectiveThe aim was to explore current gender roles in urban Pakistan, how these are reproduced and maintained and influence men's and women's life circumstances.DesignFive focus group discussions were conducted, including 28 women representing employed, unemployed, educated and uneducated women from different socio-economic strata. Manifest and latent content analyses were applied.FindingsTwo major themes emerged during analysis: ‘Reiteration of gender roles’ and ‘Agents of change’. The first theme included perceptions of traditional gender roles and how these preserve women's subordination. The power gradient, with men holding a superior position in relation to women, distinctive features in the culture and the role of the extended family were considered to interact to suppress women. The second theme included agents of change, where the role of education was prominent as well as the role of mass media. It was further emphasised that the younger generation was more positive to modernisation of gender roles than the elder generation.ConclusionsThis study reveals serious gender inequalities and human rights violations against women in the Pakistani society. The unequal gender roles were perceived as static and enforced by structures imbedded in society. Women routinely faced serious restrictions and limitations of autonomy. However, attainment of higher levels of education especially not only for women but also for men was viewed as an agent towards change. Furthermore, mass media was perceived as having a positive role to play in supporting women's empowerment.

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“…The exploration of Moroccan, Egyptian and Pakistani immigrants' experiences is interesting for socio-demographic, political, religious, and cultural reasons (De Haas 2007;Giunchi 2012;Hermansen 1991;Zaman et al 2006). Their immigrant experience is related to the political and social-economic conditions in their country of origin: Morocco and Egypt are considered to be more developed and dynamic countries with a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita respectively of US $3169 and of US $2724 (World Health Organization 2016a), while Pakistan is a poorer country with a GDP per capita of US $1182 (World Health Organization 2016a).…”

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Being a “Good” Son and a “Good” Daughter: Voices of Muslim Immigrant Adolescents

2017

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Abstract:In the last decade, a growing empirical work has focused on adaptation processes of immigrants from Muslim-majority countries who live in the West, particularly Muslim youth born and/or educated in Western countries. The current study explored how Muslim boys and girls immigrated from Morocco, Egypt and Pakistan negotiate their identity on the base of interiorized social and cultural in-group norms associated to the representation of a "good" son and a "good" daughter within the resettlement society. Participants were 45 Muslim immigrant adolescents (30 females, 15 males) coming from Morocco, Egypt and Pakistan, who were interviewed through an in-depth semi-structured interview. Thematic analysis carried out on the interview transcripts permitted to identify four themes and thirteen subthemes, revealing interesting differences based on participants' gender and country of origin. The quality of being obedient and respectful of parents' desires was a significant common topic among all participants, although it was differently articulated by girls and boys. For girls, norms and expectations were strictly modeled around staying at home and preserving heritage culture. For boys, a heavy mandate-that is, gaining educational success in order to become the breadwinner-weights on them. Implications of these gender-based challenges are discussed in relation to specific vulnerabilities experienced by young Muslims living in Western society.

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Pakistan: culture, community, and filial obligations in a Muslim society

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On the Importance of Family, Morality, Masculine, and Feminine Honor for Theory and Research

On the Importance of Family, Morality, Masculine, and Feminine Honor for Theory and Research

Gender roles and their influence on life prospects for women in urban Karachi, Pak0istan: a qualitative study

Being a “Good” Son and a “Good” Daughter: Voices of Muslim Immigrant Adolescents

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