Women’s place is- inside looking out
Food and its preparation has been an interesting field to analyze, as it explores the gendered social relations among men and women of Palestine in an Israeli society. Food and its preparation may not seem to be such an important factor but it has the ability to make a man more masculine and or in control over the women in the case of Palestine, in an Israeli society. In this case, women of Palestine, Israeli citizens became the primary actors who practice the responsibility of culinary skills, such as preparing food. With that being said, it is accurate to say that food and its preparation creates gender differences among men and women and in this case making men more superior and valuable than the women. …show more content…
So, in this case, a woman’s main priority is related to the household, rather than being an independent professional. Women are thought to possess “nurturing” and or “caring” characteristics, which creates expectations for women of Palestine, citizens of Israel to possess culinary skills. This can be related to the article, “Roti and Doubles as comfort Foods for the Trinidadian Diaspora in Canada, United States and Britain”. Which states that “women tend to be responsible for most of the cooking, and as the kitchen has historically been a gendered space, it is logical that food is associated with matriarchs, such as mothers, grandmothers”, (Roti and Doubles as comfort Foods for the Trinidadian Diaspora in Canada, United States and Britain, 2014). Men on the other hand possess “manly” characteristics, such as the “breadwinners” and “consumers” of the women’s labour. (Cooking, Food, and masculinity: Palestinian men in Israeli society, 2011, pg.409). This means that for men in Palestine, citizens of Israel, cooking is not a natural obligation, but optional or rather done under certain circumstances. One may think that men of Palestine, citizens of Israel may get involved in culinary activities in case of divorce or death of the women, but that has conditions too. As men of Palestine, citizens of Israel tend to stay away from those types of foods that are considered to be domestic or feminine, (Cooking, Food, and masculinity: Palestinian men in Israeli society, 2011, pg.410). Because, the men of Palestine, citizens of Israel, are the breadwinners, their main role in the household is to put food on the table, rather than prepare
Food and its preparation has been an interesting field to analyze, as it explores the gendered social relations among men and women of Palestine in an Israeli society. Food and its preparation may not seem to be such an important factor but it has the ability to make a man more masculine and or in control over the women in the case of Palestine, in an Israeli society. In this case, women of Palestine, Israeli citizens became the primary actors who practice the responsibility of culinary skills, such as preparing food. With that being said, it is accurate to say that food and its preparation creates gender differences among men and women and in this case making men more superior and valuable than the women. …show more content…
So, in this case, a woman’s main priority is related to the household, rather than being an independent professional. Women are thought to possess “nurturing” and or “caring” characteristics, which creates expectations for women of Palestine, citizens of Israel to possess culinary skills. This can be related to the article, “Roti and Doubles as comfort Foods for the Trinidadian Diaspora in Canada, United States and Britain”. Which states that “women tend to be responsible for most of the cooking, and as the kitchen has historically been a gendered space, it is logical that food is associated with matriarchs, such as mothers, grandmothers”, (Roti and Doubles as comfort Foods for the Trinidadian Diaspora in Canada, United States and Britain, 2014). Men on the other hand possess “manly” characteristics, such as the “breadwinners” and “consumers” of the women’s labour. (Cooking, Food, and masculinity: Palestinian men in Israeli society, 2011, pg.409). This means that for men in Palestine, citizens of Israel, cooking is not a natural obligation, but optional or rather done under certain circumstances. One may think that men of Palestine, citizens of Israel may get involved in culinary activities in case of divorce or death of the women, but that has conditions too. As men of Palestine, citizens of Israel tend to stay away from those types of foods that are considered to be domestic or feminine, (Cooking, Food, and masculinity: Palestinian men in Israeli society, 2011, pg.410). Because, the men of Palestine, citizens of Israel, are the breadwinners, their main role in the household is to put food on the table, rather than prepare