Sc2220 Lecture 12 2009

Lecture 12: Gender, States & Markets (Gender in Singapore) Dr. Eric Thompson

Gendered Trends in Singapore Society ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Singapore: Patriarchal Society? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Gendered State Rule in Singapore ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Gender and State Policy ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

“ Housing-Marriage” Process ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Effect 1: Creating “Singaporeans” ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Effect 2: Opting Out ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Marriage Market (Figures from Singapore’s 2000 Census) Source: Jones, Gavin W. (2005) “The ‘Flight from Marriage’ in South-East and East Asia,” Journal of Comparative Family Studies 36(1):93-119 Large numbers of the most educated women and least educated men are unable (or unwilling) to get married; lack of “appropriate” marriage partners. Education Level Women (Age 40-44) % Never Married Men (Age 40-44) % Never Married Below Secondary 9.1% 21.1% University 26.7% 8.6%

Foreign Brides and Transnational Patriarchy ,[object Object],[object Object]

“ Are Singapore Women Hard to Love?” ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Foreign Bride Option Source: Jones, Gavin W. and Hsui-hua Shen (2008) “International Marriage in East and Southeast Asia: Trends and Research Emphasis,” Citizenship Studies 12(1):9-25. Year Marriages to Foreign Brides (as % of all Marriages) Marriages to Foreign Husbands (as % of all Marriages) 1996 19.1% 4.7% 2005 27.2% 6.9% 2007 32.8% (Not available)

Thai Wives in Singapore & the Production of Transnational Patriarchy ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Escaping “Liberation” in Thailand ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Matrilineal, Matrilocal Residence ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],*Debate between Keyes and Kirsch in American Ethnologist 1984-1985, as to whether this meant that women were “more attached” to the world and thus less pious, from a Thai Theravada Buddhist perspective.

Thai Women – Loss of Status with Industrial Development & Urbanization ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Contact Zones ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Negotiating Marriage-Migration ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Leveraging Flexible Citizenship ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Clashing Cultural Scripts ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Cultural Conflicts ,[object Object],[object Object]

Perceptions of Thai Wives ,[object Object],[object Object]

Commodification of “Women’s Work”: The Logic of “Neoliberalism” (Markets) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

“ Classic” (Kandiyoti 1988) and Transnational Forms of Patriarchy ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],*First world women can and occasionally do leverage citizenship as well in relationships with Third world men (see cases in the Carribean; Allen 2007); but generally, women do not. Why? Refer to “sexual exchange theory”.

Is Singapore a “Patriachal Society”? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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