ABSTRACT

Shelters for battered women are important in combating abuse against women. The present study focused on changes described by abused Arab women after living in shelters with Jewish abused women in Israel. The qualitative research method was based on 15 interviews with Muslim women aged 23–44. Three themes emerged. 1) Independence focuses on the empowering role of encounters with Jewish women, facilitating resistance of the patriarchal relationships with their families of origin. 2) A change in perception of motherhood, focuses on the shift in childrearing practices, from the patriarchal-cultural approach to honoring children’s individuality. 3) Change in social perception, focuses on the shift from patriarchal obedience to wielding the right for self-expression. The present study contribution is in broadening the understanding the empowering potential of women’s intercultural encounters, they can assist those women in transforming personal, gender, and cultural worldviews in their struggle to be free from violence.

摘要

为受虐妇女提供庇护所对于打击对妇女的虐待行为很重要。本研究的重点是受虐待的阿拉伯妇女在与以色列受虐待的犹太妇女一起住在收容所后所描述的变化。定性研究方法基于对 23-44 岁穆斯林女性的 15 次访谈。出现了三个主题。1）独立侧重于与犹太妇女相遇的赋权作用，促进抵制与其原籍家庭的父权制关系。2) 对母性观念的改变，着重于育儿实践的转变，从父权文化方法到尊重孩子的个性。3) 社会观念的改变，着重于从父权服从到行使自我表达权的转变。