Philosophiae Doctor - PhD / This study investigates the privileges and hermeneutical advantages enjoyed by a Phalo interpreter of practices in the bilbical text that are similiar to or the same as those found in Phalo's patriarchal culture. The study therefore probes the extent to which the Phalo interpreter could take advantage of these presumed similarities and sameness, the legitimacy and validity of claims of patriarchal bias attributed to the Phalo interpreter , and the extent to which such claims should be taken seriously by the house of Phalo

Despite the picture portraying the U.S as a western, democratic and equal country, the U.S military has faced several downfalls when it comes to its female force, especially in relation to sexual assault. This study poses the question of how can western ‘model countries’ such as the U.S, promote democracy when its military institution seem to miss one of the central pillars to a democratic society that is equality. Furthermore, the study seeks to dive further into the military culture of the U.S military in order to understand if women adjust to the military culture or if the military culture adjusts to the influx of women. By examining narratives of male and female soldiers and veterans, who tell their stories online, this research is conducted as a case study, using Pierre Bourdieu’s theory of cultural capital and Judith Butler’s theory of performative gender as an analytical tool in order to recontextualize the findings and gain a further understanding of the military culture from an inside perspective. In conclusion, the study essentially confirms the notion of the military constituting a male centered culture, as well as a crowd oriented culture, which contributes to females adjusting to the culture rather than it adjusting to the influx of women. In addition to this, gender equality is perceived as something applied by actors from the outside when it is convenient or solely talked about with respect to physical capabilities. Ultimately, research in relation to the U.S military needs to include a focus on culture in order for it to change and become gender equal.

Honour killings are considered by the perpetrators the only path to maintain theirs and their family honour, preventing other's to follow behaviours that move away from traditional patriarchal values. With the aim of exploring how honour killings are characterised, a qualitative study within three European newspapers, in three different languages, was conducted. The findings showed that often the victims are characterised as young women and girls that want to live independently from their birth cultures or that acted in a way considered to be a dishonour to their family culture. Perpetrators are often described as family members, mostly males to whom honour is worth more than life. However, some of the news articles launch the debate of the thin line that divides honour crimes and domestic violence making this not a cultural problem but a widespread cross-cultural reality.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-28T20:39:47Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Valeria Centeville.pdf: 701630 bytes, checksum: 508304e1068914f119683f946807007b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-05-16 / The objectives of this study are to comprehend how male pathological jealousy expresses itself in a patriarchal culture and also to understand psychological aspects involved in the dynamics of such disturbance, especially the emotional complexes. The bibliographical research has revealed the existence of many essays linking male jealousy to violence against women particularly in a domestic context. Definitions of jealousy from important authors such as Adler (1967), Alberoni (1988), Freud (1976), Klein and Riviere (1975) and the American Psychiatric Association s DSM-IV - Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (1994) have been researched. Books and articles of Jungian and neo-Jungian scholars were also examined, only to find Carlos Byington (2006), the creator of the Symbolic Psychology, description of jealousy. Still based on this theoretical approach to male pathological jealousy I came across Grinberg s essay (2000). In the last stages of the bibliographical research specific attention was given to how the term jealousy was accounted for throughout Carl Gustav Jung s work. To illustrate such a condition certain films were considered and selected, Claude Chabrol´s 1994 production L enfer being the most representative. It was interpreted based on Jung s Analytical Psychology and on the information pertaining to the patriarchal culture. Allowing us to conclude that the characteristics and emotions most commonly associated with the male pathological jealously are: power and possession, the desire for dominion over the loved one, love and rivalry, fear of loss, exclusive love and feelings of inferiority; the inability to surmount the Oedipus complex as a structure, the presence of a maternal and/or paternal complex, the repression of the feminine principle and the resulting psychic disequilibrium are the constituent factors associated with the male pathological jealousy. This kind of affection is generally related to paranoia. I propose to consider the hypothesis that culture and patriarchal values, when unilateral, intensify pathological jealousy since what s most revealing of the psychotic jealous extreme behavior is precisely the need to control others and maintain dominance over them / Os objetivos deste estudo são: compreender como o ciúme patológico masculino se expressa na cultura patriarcal e entender os aspectos psicológicos envolvidos na dinâmica do ciúme patológico, especialmente os complexos. O resultado do levantamento bibliográfico mostrou que existem muitos trabalhos que associam o ciúme masculino à violência contra a mulher, especialmente no contexto doméstico. Foram pesquisadas definições de ciúme formuladas por autores importantes como Adler (1967), Alberoni (1988), Freud (1976), Klein e Riviere (1975) e do DSM-IV - manual diagnóstico e estatístico de transtornos mentais (1995). Livros e artigos de autores junguianos e neo-junguianos foram pesquisados, tendo sido encontrada uma única definição de ciúme nesta abordagem teórica, conceituada por Carlos Byington (2006), criador da chamada Psicologia Simbólica. Foi encontrado um artigo científico junguiano sobre ciúme patológico masculino, de Grinberg (2000). Na última etapa do levantamento bibliográfico, o termo ciúme foi pesquisado nas obras completas de Carl Gustav Jung. Para ilustrar o ciúme patológico masculino, foram selecionados e assistidos alguns filmes, tendo sido escolhido o que melhor representa esta patologia no gênero masculino - Ciúme, o inferno do amor possessivo (1994) - de Claude Chabrol. A ilustração foi analisada com base na abordagem da Psicologia Analítica, assim como nas informações que contextualizam a cultura patriarcal. Conclui-se que as características e emoções mais comumente associadas ao ciúme patológico masculino são: poder e posse, desejo de domínio sobre o ser amado, amor e rivalidade amorosa, medo da perda, desejo de exclusividade amorosa e sentimentos de inferioridade. A não superação do complexo de Édipo enquanto estrutura, a presença de complexo materno e/ou paterno, a repressão do princípio feminino e o conseqüente desequilíbrio psíquico são fatores associados ao ciúme patológico masculino. Este afeto é encontrado com mais freqüência na paranóia. Considera-se a hipótese de que a cultura e os valores patriarcais, se unilaterais, intensificam o ciúme patológico, pois o que se mostra exagerado no ciumento patológico é a necessidade de dominar e controlar quem ele acredita possuir

“Although the subject of female leadership is very well documented at an international level, Pakistan still lacks enough research in this area. This scarcity of research gives rise to a commonly held belief that gender equality has been achieved in Pakistan which hides the gender stereotypes and discrimination practices still prevailing in the country.” “Digging into the experiences of thirty working women, this study examined the effect indigenous culture of Pakistan has in shaping their life experiences as well as career success. The study followed a qualitative research approach with phenomenological theoretical framework. Fifteen females were interviewed from urban areas and fifteen from rural areas to draw a holistic picture of indigenous culture of Pakistan and its effect on career success of females.” “Female participants of this study were interviewed on skype and the data gathered through these interviews was analysed using grounded theory approach. Interviews were taken in Urdu and transcriptions were prepared in English to conduct analysis for this study. Seven categories were initially developed through open coding, followed by three clusters through axial coding an lastly the study created a theoretical framework through selective coding. Findings of the study indicate that indigenous culture strongly effects the career success of working women in Pakistan. Based on thematic analysis, the study concludes that indigenous culture of Pakistan puts taboos on females in the form of family bevahior, expectations and the structurally enforced inferior status of females which effects their leadership skills negatively and restricts their career growth.” “Indigenous culture of Pakistan creates mobility issues for women which restricts the possibility to join better jobs at other places instead of their home town and it also effects expansion of entrepreneurial ventures by restricting females to their home towns. Apart from social mobility, culture restricts the decision making power of females which effects their self-recognition and vision development and other skills necessary to become a better leader. Females also face difficulty managing work and family life because of the uneven domestic work burden on females and the concept that woman is the caretaker of house no matter how tough her job gets. Single females don’t face the problem of managing house work and family life however they face issues such as social immobility, preference of male colleagues over them because of their perceived short work life, lack of decision making power and lack of self-confidence.” “The participants were of the view that despite of all the challenges brought by culture, they are still struggling for their career and fighting against the taboos put by culture.” “Respondents of this study agreed that their family support is most important factor for them to stand against the cultural taboos and pursue their dreams. Therefore, this study concludes that there is a strong need to change the mind-set prevailing in these societies that female is a creature who has to be agreeable and caretaker of family and who is responsible for saving relationships. Although efforts have been done to give women equal rights in Pakistan, these efforts will become more meaningful if general perception of society about women and their role starts to change which will require awareness programmes and cooperation from academic institutions and policy makers.” Page 4 of 97 Impact of Indigenous culture on Female Leadership in Pakistan “This study recommends a future research on the perception of males about female colleagues working with them in order to examine if males of countries like Pakistan are ready to accept female leaders. As this study was conducted on females only, for future it is recommended to examine the mind set of males of the society to draw a comparison between situation of females and impact of males mind set on this situation.”

This study focusses on the missiological response of the Pamodzi Free Methodist Church to the plight of orphans and vulnerable children (OVCs), specifically girl children in the Kawama Township in the Republic of Zambia. The major question to answer was “How can the cultural and biblical heritage of hospitality help the church particularly the Pamodzi Free Methodist Church to respond to the problems of OVCs, particularly girl children as victims of urban problems?” The study discovered that forces such as poverty, HIV/AIDS, child abuse, family breakdown, cultural beliefs and practices as well as a lack of care from the extended family have contributed to the vulnerability of OVCs. It recommends that the members of God’s household should have a mandate to restore the dignity and identity of OVCs in a holistic manner by linking the biblical and traditional values of hospitality as well as to develop intervention measures in order to meet the felt needs of OVCs. / Christian Spirituality, Church History & Missiology / M. Th. (Missiology)

This study focusses on the missiological response of the Pamodzi Free Methodist Church to the plight of orphans and vulnerable children (OVCs), specifically girl children in the Kawama Township in the Republic of Zambia. The major question to answer was “How can the cultural and biblical heritage of hospitality help the church particularly the Pamodzi Free Methodist Church to respond to the problems of OVCs, particularly girl children as victims of urban problems?” The study discovered that forces such as poverty, HIV/AIDS, child abuse, family breakdown, cultural beliefs and practices as well as a lack of care from the extended family have contributed to the vulnerability of OVCs. It recommends that the members of God’s household should have a mandate to restore the dignity and identity of OVCs in a holistic manner by linking the biblical and traditional values of hospitality as well as to develop intervention measures in order to meet the felt needs of OVCs. / Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology / M. Th. (Missiology)