This is Aiton Weinstein. And I'm Naura Menninger, and you're listening to Two Nice Jewish Boys.

You make me feel like a natural woman.

This is a man's world, but it wouldn't be nothing, nothing without a woman or a girl.

Ladies and gentlemen, what does it mean to be a woman or a man?

Are these even inherently different, or are these labels slapped on us by society dictating how we're expected to behave, how we should talk and walk, and how much we should

earn?

Dr. Sarai Aroni is a lecturer and researcher in the Gender Studies Program at Ben-Gurion

University of the Negev.

Her research deals with gender, feminism, and

international relations with a focus on the effects of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,

on the status of women, and the participation of Israeli women in peace talks, non-governmental

organizations, and civil activity for peace. We are thrilled to be joined today by Dr. Sarai Aharoni

to discuss women, men, and everything in between.

Thank you so much for joining us. How are you?

I'm fine, thanking for inviting me.

Sure.

Gladly.

So where do we start?

I went on to you on Twitter because I don't know what was the

context, but somehow I was exposed to a piece you wrote a research. You did about the involvement

of American sailors, the influence of American sailors who came for decades here in

the port of Haifa, I guess, and how they influenced the local culture, economy, maybe more.

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