Myanmar's gender paradox |
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| Authors: | Melyn McKay Khin Chit Win |
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| Institution: | 1. DPhil. candidate at the Institute of Social & Cultural Anthropology, University of Oxford, specializing in women's participation in religious nationalist movements, ethics, conflict and peacebuilding.;2. Recent graduate of the Parami Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The authors present a full account in Buddhism and state power in Myanmar (International Crisis Group, September 2016). |
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| Abstract: | The tendency to conflate Myanmar’s Rohingya crisis with anti‐Muslim sentiment in the country more broadly, confuses analyses of influential institutions, notably the civilian government, military, and Buddhist Sangha. The authors discuss the perspectives of female religious nationalists in Myanmar as a means of exploring anti‐Muslim sentiment and grassroots support for Burmese Buddhist chauvinism. They suggest that women’s perspectives help to make sense of the disjuncture between Burmese and international interpretations of the events in Rakhine state and that though women currently play an important role in normalizing anti‐Muslim discourse, there are opportunities to reach them through dialogue that acknowledges their experiences of marginalization. |
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