Combating Male Hegemony: Jineology in Practice and the Syrian Kurds’ Fight for Gender Equality

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Brief Overview

This paper discusses gender and militarization by examining the Syrian Kurdish Women’s Defense Units and Abdullah Öcalan’s gender ideology, jineology, which challenges the masculine hegemony traditionally associated with militarism and nationhood.

Author

• Rita Erickson, Michigan State University