‘My mother-in-law ruined my life’: the jealous mother-in-law and the empowerment of Palestinian women

Rabho, Laila Abed

doi:10.1007/s11562-015-0343-1

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“…Furthermore, over-involvement of the family, particularly the mother-in-law, contributes greatly to the dissolution of the marriage [4]. In a Palestinian study, 200 cases of divorce were brought to court because of an over-involved mother-in-law [10].…”

Section: Causes Of Divorcementioning

confidence: 99%

Strengthening Marriages in Egypt: Impact of Divorce on Women

Mendoza

Tolba

Saleh

2019

Behavioral Sciences

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Divorce rates have been increasing around the world, and the Middle East is not immune to this reality. This pilot study investigates the phenomenological experiences of divorce for 20 Egyptian females. The study is qualitative, using in-depth interviews asking 14 questions that address different aspects of struggling marriages and post-divorce life. Five main themes were derived using a conventional approach to content analysis. The themes are: Expectations before marriage, secret life, relational dynamics, mental health, and resilience. Several sub-themes were identified in each category. The themes and subthemes are discussed. What was surprising was that many women experienced a greater sense of resilience and level of empowerment as a result of their post-divorce process. Recommendations for future research are discussed, including a replication of the study with a more stratified sample group and inclusion of men prior to developing any interventions.

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Section: Causes Of Divorcementioning

confidence: 99%

Strengthening Marriages in Egypt: Impact of Divorce on Women

Mendoza

Tolba

Saleh

2019

Behavioral Sciences

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“…Mothers are the centre of the communal home; the sons bring their wives to live in the circle. Contrary to simplistic assumptions about the control of men over women in patriarchal societies, ethnographic studies of Middle Eastern families have highlighted the considerable power that many matriarchs wield over their grown-up children, and over younger females, especially daughters-in-law (Rabho, 2015). Accordingly, nearly all women who participated in this research had experienced living with their parents-in-law, and mothers-in-law particularly have a dominant position in the house.…”

Section: Recasting Feminist Methodology: From Ethnographic Refusal T...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Recognition of power: The agency of Kurdish women in their everyday practices

Galip

2022

European Journal of Women's Studies

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Anthropological work on Kurdish women has hitherto adopted western stereotypes of power, representing it as non-existent, as women being deprived of agency in everyday practices, or totally politicized. In order to challenge prescriptive gender stereotypes, moving beyond objectification to subjectivity and offering a more complex analysis of gender relations, this study examines the position of women within their family and wider social structures in Şırnak in Turkish Kurdistan based on a sample of local women who are not employed in paid work, and their children. The implications of the results are discussed in order to enable understanding of the social structures that make it possible for women in Şırnak to exercise informal decision-making authority or to be part of the social power structures as subjects, highlighting their importance in household management and showing that ‘power’ does not necessarily equate straightforwardly with western understandings.

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“…Experiencing more conflict in marriage is associated with lower marital adjustment. In the study of married women in Palestine, Rabho (2015) stated that women's relationship with their mother-in-law (and not always with her husband) is often the cause of stress and divorce in marriage. Furthermore, considering that girls leave their families at an early age and spend most of their time with their mothers-in-law, the perceived rejection from a mother-in-law who is supposed to be a new parent, that is, a new attachment figure, may reduce the level of marital adjustment.…”

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Spouse and mother-in-law rejection and marital adjustment of Turkish women with child and adult marriage

Cevheroğlu

Tutarel-Kislak

2022

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

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Child marriages occur between a child under the age of 18 and an adult or another child and take place without children being physiologically or psychologically ready to shoulder the responsibilities of marriage and having children. Child marriages among women are prevalent in Turkey and linked with number of negative outcomes. The aim of this study is to investigate the predictor role of spouse and mother-in-law rejection on marital adjustment and whether this relationship differs for Turkish women married under and above 18. Results revealed that women who were married as children had significantly higher scores for spouse and mother-in-law rejection and lower marital adjustment than women married above 18. Additionally, the marital adjustment of women married as children and by the marriage of choice was significantly lower than women who had married at an adult age and by the marriage of choice. Moderation analysis, which was made by Process macro, indicated that marital age and mother-in-law rejection had a moderator role in the relationship between overall spousal rejection and marital adjustment. In conclusion, this study provides a unique contribution to the relevant literature in Turkish culture in terms of comparing women married under the age of 18 and above 18.

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‘My mother-in-law ruined my life’: the jealous mother-in-law and the empowerment of Palestinian women

Cited by 6 publications

References 11 publications

Strengthening Marriages in Egypt: Impact of Divorce on Women

Strengthening Marriages in Egypt: Impact of Divorce on Women

Recognition of power: The agency of Kurdish women in their everyday practices

Spouse and mother-in-law rejection and marital adjustment of Turkish women with child and adult marriage

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