The Making of a Good Woman: Why Do Pre-School Girls in the KSA Have to Navigate Two Different Worlds to Survive Socially?

Autor/in	Al zahrani, Mona
Titel	The Making of a Good Woman: Why Do Pre-School Girls in the KSA Have to Navigate Two Different Worlds to Survive Socially?
Quelle	In: Journal of Education and Learning, 10 (2021) 1, S.94-103 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1927-5250
Schlagwörter	Preschool Children; Preschool Education; Females; Sex Role; Gender Issues; Femininity; Sexual Identity; Expectation; Cultural Context; Behavior Standards; Social Behavior; Islam; Ideology; World Views; Social Influences; Cultural Influences; Childrens Attitudes; Tribes; Moral Values; Child Development; Role Perception; Foreign Countries; Saudi Arabia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Weibliches Geschlecht; Geschlechterrolle; Geschlechterfrage; Femaleness; Weiblichkeit; Geschlechtsidentität; Sexuelle Identität; Expectancy; Erwartung; Social behaviour; Soziales Verhalten; Ideologie; World view; Weltanschauung; Sozialer Einfluss; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Tribal society; Stammesgesellschaft; Moral value; Ethischer Wert; Kindesentwicklung; Role conception; Rollenverständnis; Ausland; Saudi-Arabien
Abstract	The article discusses how young females navigate and develop a solid sense of two worlds in order to be perceived a 'good girl' that can be positioned within the society and maintain the female gender identity that is expected of them in the future. One world is where they are expected to show all the attributes of femininity and beauty and the other world is where they are required to develop a strong sense of 'self-control', to be 'a good girl' who complies with societal confinements and restrictions on their female body and mobility. This article has emerged from a doctorate research entitled: The Making of a Good Woman: Analysing children's narratives on female gender identity and role in pre-school Saudi Arabia. It was a study into how female gender identity is constructed in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) by analysing children's (young girls 4-6 years) perspectives within pre-school, exploring their perceptions of female identity and role in the KSA. Exploring the ways in which gender identities were interpreted and manifested; studying the influences, apparent ideologies and discourses that affect female gender construction. Through the analysis of the data, interesting results emerged that exposed the consideration of gender roles, permissible and non-permissible behaviour and attitudes, and the realisation that female gender is often constructed, in the KSA, through fear and restrictions. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01