The Parental Struggle With the Israeli Genital Socialization Process

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ID5455463
AuthorsLimor Meoded Danon (0000-0003-3584-8645, Bar-Ilan University, Zefat, Israel, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume31
Issue5
Pages898-912
Publication date2021-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueQualitative Health Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1049-7323 • E-ISSN: 1552-7557
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1049732320984420
PMID33530874
OpenAlexW3126653236
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited40

The focus of this article is on how parents of children with 'nonnormative' genitalia cope with the conflict between the genital socialization process and their children's genital autonomy in the Israeli medical-sociocultural context. Based on a qualitative narrative study that included 18 parents of children born with atypical genitalia and 23 parents who had chosen not to circumcise their sons, I compare parents' experiences and perceptions of genital autonomy and examine the challenges posed by the Israeli genital socialization process from their perspective. In this study, I aim to shed light on the stressful and powerful Israeli genital socialization process, in which the medical, familial, and religious forces reproduce gendered normative genital appearances. The parents' physical and emotional experiences include feelings of doubt and a critical stance toward genital socialization, changes in perceptions regarding genital appearance, and parental practices that challenge the meaning and outcomes of genital surgeries

Autonomy · Developmental psychology · Feeling · Normative · Perception · Political science · Qualitative research · Sex organ · Socialization · Sociology · Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Issues · Genital Health and Disease · Psychology · Sexual Differentiation and Disorders · Social Psychology

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