The Impact of Militarism, Patriarchy, and Culture on Israeli Women's Reproductive Health and Well-Being

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作者
Granek, Leeat [1 ]
Nakash, Ora [2 ]
机构
[1] Ben Gurion Univ Negev, Dept Publ Hlth, Fac Hlth Sci, POB 653, IL-84105 Beer Sheva, Israel
[2] Baruch Ivcher Sch Psychol, Interdisciplinary Ctr, Herzliyya, Israel
关键词
Israel; Women's reproductive health; Militarism; Patriarchy; Religion; INFERTILITY TREATMENTS; DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS; ARAB WOMEN; JEWISH; FERTILIZATION; TECHNOLOGIES; PERSPECTIVE;
D O I
10.1007/s12529-017-9650-7
中图分类号
B849 [应用心理学];
学科分类号
040203 ;
摘要
In this paper, we situate and frame Israeli women's reproductive health within the social, historical, political, cultural, and geographical context of Israeli women's lives. We used a theoretical review in this paper. Militarism, patriarchy, and cultural values heavily shape and influence Jewish and Arab women's access to and experience of reproductive health when it comes to the imperative to have children, pregnancy, birth, access to contraception and abortion, and other reproductive healthcare services. We discuss five main factors pertaining to Israeli women's reproductive health including (1) fertility and emphasis on reproduction; (2) infertility; (3) pregnancy, birth, and miscarriage; (4) reproductive rights including contraception and abortion; and (5) maternity leave and accessible childcare. Israel is a pro-natalist country, in which both Jewish and Arab women share many of the consequences of the social imperative to have children. Though Arab women, as part of their double minority status, are exposed to more mental health risks pre- and postpartum, the personal and public reproductive health decisions and reproductive healthcare services are largely shaped by similar social forces. These include the patriarchal and religious culture that dictates a value system that highly cherishes motherhood, and within the military political context of the on-going Israeli-Palestinian conflict and past social and political traumas. We address four major gaps that need to be addressed in order to improve Israeli women's reproductive health and well-being that include the neoliberal gap, the information gap, the reproductive health services gap, and the leadership and policy gap.
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