ריבוי תבניות של אידאולוגיה מגדרית שוויונית בקרב זוגות ערבים-פלסטינים בישראל

Sociologists of Arab-Palestinian families living in Israel emphasize normative imperatives for men to identify with the provider role and for women to identify with family life. Up until recently, those living away from this dichotomy have not received the attention they deserve. Hochschild’s notion of gender ideology refers to the sphere with which an individual identifies. Analyzing it in interviews with twenty couples self-defined as resisting tradition, we found four patterns of gender ideology: (1) Domesticity; (2) Flexibility; (3) Earning a living; and (4) Role Reversal. This finding suggests the need to conceptualize gender ideology by recognizing that for Arab-Palestinian men in Israel, there is no separation between the sphere of a family-home and the sphere of work. This lack of separation contrasts Hochschild’s progressive narrative. Further, men’s identification with family-home life is likely to facilitate their opposition to traditional gender divisions resisting the social control exercised by the extended family.