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Are Sexual Dissidence and Gender Activism Necessarily Linked? Notes from the field on the body

The relevance of the body to gender activism in post-war Lebanon was the focus of recent empirical work I conducted. The body, in addition to encompassing the notions of desire, expression, and self-understanding is also a site of contestation that calls for an analysis that looks beyond taboos, and accounts for power, control, and regulation. The empirical work took into account questions such as, what does it mean to view sexuality as regulation and control, or how does sexuality helps us identify sites of agency and transgression?

Gender Equity bulletin, Issue 2, October 2014

 

 

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محاولة في قراءة الذكورة وإعادة تعريفها

محاولة في قراءة الذكورة وإعادة تعريفها

 

ما هي الذكورة وما هي الذكورية؟

السؤال الأوّل الذي طرحته لنفسي عند بداية كتابة هذا المقال هو: "ماهي الذكورة؟ وكيف نصنّف سلوكيات أو أفعال معيّنة كذكورية او أنثوية؟".

Gender Equity bulletin, Issue 1, September 2014

 

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Gender politics in Lebanon and the limits of legal reformism (En-Ar)

It has become common in Lebanon to hear statements such as "men should be asking for their rights," expressed by men through a joke or by waging an endless conversation. Such sentiments were made public by Lebanese MP Ali Ammar, during the parliamentary session on the recent family violence

Gender Equity bulletin, Issue 0, August 2014

 
 
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