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The Parental Struggle With the Israeli Genital Socialization Process
1Bar-Ilan University, Zefat, Israel.
Qualitative Health Research
|February 3, 2021
Summary
Parents navigate the conflict between genital socialization and their child's autonomy in Israel. This study explores parental experiences with atypical genitalia and non-circumcision, highlighting challenges to normative genital appearance.
Area of Science:
- Medical Sociology
- Parenting Studies
- Bioethics
Background:
- Genital socialization is a complex process influenced by medical, familial, and religious factors.
- In Israel, this process often emphasizes normative genital appearances, potentially conflicting with children's autonomy.
- Parents of children with atypical genitalia or those who opt out of circumcision face unique challenges.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore how parents in Israel cope with the conflict between genital socialization and their children's genital autonomy.
- To compare the experiences and perceptions of parents with children having atypical genitalia and those who chose not to circumcise.
- To examine the challenges posed by the Israeli genital socialization process from the parents' perspective.
Main Methods:
- Qualitative narrative study design.
- Inclusion of 18 parents of children with atypical genitalia.
- Inclusion of 23 parents who chose not to circumcise their sons.
Main Results:
- Parents experience doubt and adopt a critical stance toward genital socialization.
- Perceptions of genital appearance and the outcomes of genital surgeries are challenged.
- Parental practices emerge that contest normative genital socialization.
Conclusions:
- The Israeli genital socialization process is stressful and powerful, driven by medical, familial, and religious forces.
- Parents' experiences reveal a tension between societal norms and the desire for their child's genital autonomy.
- Parental responses can involve challenging established medical and social practices regarding genitalia.
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