Youth, Gender, and Dignity in the Egyptian Uprising
Youth, Gender, and Dignity in the Egyptian Uprising
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埃及起义中的青年、性别和尊严
DOI：
10.2979/jmiddeastwomstud.9.3.1
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2013
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D. Singerman
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起义是一种复杂而罕见的现象，这篇文章认为，阿拉伯之春中抗议活动的共同区域扩散受到新自由主义经济不平等的润滑。埃及和大中东地区的年轻人由于新自由主义和人口中的青年膨胀而处于不成比例的不利地位。由于非正规部门的高失业率和无保障的工作，他们在经济上受到排斥;由于独裁主义和国家镇压，他们在政治上受到排斥;由于“等待期”的边缘状态，即由于结婚和进入成年期的时间推迟而延长的青春期，他们在社会上受到排斥，这部分是由于结婚的代价很高。然而，与此同时，这些共同的不满促进了将不同选民联系在一起的薄弱联系，因为有创造力的领导人建立了一个“运动的运动”。“4月6日运动，以及之前的Kefaya，创造性地采用了一种无等级的集体行动模式，这种模式有机地适合于已经在埃及生活中占主导地位的庞大的非正式和地下网络。青年男女冒着生命危险追求政权更迭，要求“尊严”的起义的主要框架之一可能为妇女运动提供了特别的机会。作为一个性别概念，尊严意味着国家必须尊重身体的完整性、安全性和自主性。尽管埃及的妇女运动及其盟友面临巨大挑战，因为保守势力也受到阿拉伯之春的鼓舞，但尊严的总体框架可能会在埃及公众中产生共鸣，因为它也是一个革命性的框架，但也暴露了埃及妇女运动的长期不满。
Uprisings are complex, rare phenomenon, and this article suggests that the shared regional diffusion of protest in the Arab Spring was lubricated by the economic inequalities of neoliberalism. Young people in Egypt and the larger Middle East have been disproportionately disadvantaged by neoliberalism and a demographic youth bulge. They were economically excluded by high unemployment and insecure jobs in the informal sector; they were politically excluded by authoritarianism and state repression; and they were socially excluded by the limbo of "waithood," or prolonged adolescence as marriage and entry into adulthood was delayed, in part due to the high cost of marriage. Yet, at the same time, these commonly shared grievances facilitated weak ties linking diverse constituencies together, as creative leaders built a "movement of movements." The April 6 movement, and Kefaya before it, creatively adopted a non-hierarchical model of collective action that was organically suited to the vast informal and subterranean networks already dominant within Egyptian life. Young women and men risked their lives pursuing regime change, and one of the master frames of the uprisings that demanded "dignity" may provide particular opportunities for the women's movement. A gendered concept, dignity suggests that the state must respect the integrity, safety, and autonomy of the body. Despite massive challenges to the women's movement and its allies in Egypt as conservative forces are also emboldened by the Arab Spring, the master frame of dignity may resonate across the Egyptian public since it is a revolutionary frame, as well, yet lays bare longstanding grievances of the diverse Egyptian women's movement.