Gender Issues in Israel Dr' Tami Amanda Jacoby University of Manitoba, Canada

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Gender Issues in IsraelDr. Tami Amanda
JacobyUniversity of Manitoba, Canada

• Guest Lecture - University of Washington
• Friday, January 16, 2009

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Organization of Lecture

• (1) Key concepts
• (2) Gender equality myths
• (3) Gender equality experiences
• Women and the Orthodox religious establishment
• Feminist versus Feminine political movements
• Women in combat
• (4) Conclusions

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Fieldwork in Israel
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(1) Key Concepts

• Gender socially learned behaviour and
  expectations that distinguish between
  masculinity and femininity
• Militarized Gender roles the encouragement of
  traditional gender roles during times of conflict
  (masculine men and feminine women)

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(2) Gender Equality Myths in Israel

• Golda Meir
• Declaration of Independence
• Kibbutz
• Compulsory conscription

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(3) Gender Equality Experiences

• (a) Women and the Orthodox Religious
  establishment
• Halakha Jewish canon law
• Agunot chained women

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(3) Gender Equality Experiences

• (b) Feminist versus Feminine Political Movements
• Feminism in Israel
• The Israeli womens peace movement
• Symbol of the mother/martyr
• The Four Mothers

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(3) Gender Equality Experiences

• (c) women in combat
• Compulsory conscription
• Struggle for the right to fight
• The case of Alice Miller

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