2014/05/13 by Rabah Halabi
Arts and Humanities · Social Sciences · #Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies #Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies #Social and Intergroup Psychology
paper · doi:10.1177/0021909614533094
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This study investigates the status of the Druze women in Israel, focusing on the effects of the frequent interactions between the Druze and the more permissive Jewish-Western society. The main question posed is why Druze women accept the double standards of freedom, especially on sexual morality, that expect them to be chaste but allow sexual freedom to men. I argue that this is a patriarchal deal, in which women trade their sexual freedom in exchange for access to higher education, and to the prestigious status of moral guardians from western temptations. The paper is based on narrative analysis of in-depth interviews conducted with 50 Druze students, half of them male and half female, enrolled in Israeli universities.