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How Saudi Students Adjust to the Gender Environment in the United States: A Study of the Strategies Couples Use

机译:沙特学生如何适应美国的性别环境:对夫妻使用策略的研究

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This study examines how students from Saudi Arabia adjust to the gender environment of the United States. Saudi students come from a nation with a traditional and conservative gender climate that is guided by religious dictates. Other studies have identified some of the difficulties that Saudi students have when they encounter more liberal Western gender expressions. This study extends previous research by focusing on how couples adjust. In qualitative interviews with 20 Saudi students (10 couples), three broad categories of strategies emerged. First, Cultural Strategies capture the varied ways that the students tried to navigate every-day life in America (religion, education, food, dress, etc). Second, Gender Strategies address gender relations specifically and includes both adjustments prompted by American life (e.g., women driving) and challenges associated with the co-education of men and women. Finally, Social Strategies involve the decisions Saudi students make regarding their social life, which includes strategies for both reaching out to Americans and avoiding Americans. Taken together, the findings generally support previous research. But the focus on couples also provides new insights. Most importantly, the study finds that not only women but also men are affected by life in the United States. This is so especially when it comes to child care and household labor. Moreover, while several of the interviewed students anticipated bringing some of their new insights and experiences back home to Saudi Arabia (women's greater independence; greater opportunities for women to do meaningful work), in other ways their commitment to Saudi culture was strengthened (the modesty of women; no drugs and alcohol).
机译:这项研究探讨了来自沙特阿拉伯的学生如何适应美国的性别环境。沙特阿拉伯的学生来自一个有着传统和保守的性别氛围的国家,其宗教信仰决定了这种氛围。其他研究也发现了沙特阿拉伯学生在遇到更为宽松的西方性别表达方式时遇到的一些困难。这项研究通过关注夫妻如何适应来扩展先前的研究。在对20名沙特阿拉伯学生(10对夫妇)进行的定性访谈中,出现了三大类策略。首先,文化策略涵盖了学生试图驾驭美国日常生活的各种方式(宗教,教育,饮食,穿着等)。其次,《性别战略》专门针对性别关系,既包括美国人生活(例如妇女开车)引起的调整,也包括与男女共同教育有关的挑战。最后,社会策略涉及沙特阿拉伯学生关于其社交生活的决策,其中包括与美国人接触和避免美国人的策略。综上所述,这些发现通常支持以前的研究。但是对夫妇的关注也提供了新的见解。最重要的是,该研究发现,在美国,不仅女性而且男性都受到生活的影响。在育儿和家庭劳动方面尤其如此。此外,虽然一些受访学生期望将他们的一些新见解和经验带回沙特阿拉伯(妇女的独立性更高;妇女从事有意义的工作的机会更多),但通过其他方式,他们对沙特文化的承诺得到了加强(谦虚) ;没有毒品和酒精)。

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  • 作者

    Alsanea, Faisal.;

  • 作者单位

    University of Cincinnati.;

  • 授予单位 University of Cincinnati.;
  • 学科 Sociology.
  • 学位 M.A.
  • 年度 2017
  • 页码 79 p.
  • 总页数 79
  • 原文格式 PDF
  • 正文语种 eng
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