title: Gender distinction in the genocidal process: a preliminary study of the Armenian case.
abstract: The relationship between gender and genocide remains ambivalent. A preliminary analysis of in-depth interviews with 14 Armenian female survivors reveals a gender distinction in the 1915 Turkish genocide of the Armenians. The genocidal process was gender-based. Men were instantaneously killed and women and children were deported. However, members of both sexes acted as perpetrators and collaborators. Few men and women acted as rescuers.
authors.affiliation: University of Southern California, Los Angeles.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sanasarian
mesh_terms: D001136:Armenia / Q000208:ethnology; D005783:Gender Identity; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006708:Homicide / Q000191:economics / Q000208:ethnology / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D012742:Sex Offenses / Q000208:ethnology / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology; D017741:Survivors / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology; D014421:Turkey / Q000208:ethnology; D014754:Violence / Q000191:economics / Q000208:ethnology / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology; D014930:Women / Q000193:education / Q000266:history / Q000523:psychology; D016387:Women's Health / Q000208:ethnology / Q000266:history