Iranian American men face heavier travel-related body surveillance than women.

Evidence

The boys and young men with whom I spoke expressed far more body-related anxiety about the actual act of travel (going through security, interacting with TSA officials, and boarding aircraft) than did young women. This is somewhat counter to conventional understandings or treatments of gender and the body, which take as their starting point the assumption that the feminine body encounters a disproportionate amount of attention and surveillance. While this is certainly the case in a preponderance of social settings, it is instructive to turn attention to the spaces in which men’s bodies are mined for meaning, such as “in-between” places like airplanes, transit carriages, and terminals. Thus, terrorism was the organizing logic behind the gendered racialization of Iranian American boys and men as they attempted to fly to their destinations. — Neda Maghbouleh, The Limits of Whiteness, 846

Categorization

• XREF: Directly relevant to reader’s ‘racial hinge’ question — men’s bodies mined for meaning in transit ‘in-between’ spaces are the material base on which later chapters build the racial-hinge claim. — connects to: Air travel inverts gender surveillance to target male bodies — Neda Maghbouleh, The Limits of Whiteness: Iranian…, 381; Airport surveillance differentially targets men via lists and hijab-wearing women via physical searches — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 70; Gender predicts distinct surveillance types for Muslim Americans in airports. — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 206 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Air travel inverts gender surveillance to target male bodies #corroborates (0.90) — Neda Maghbouleh, The Limits of Whiteness, 381
• Surveillance operates differently on Muslim men and women through distinct mechanisms #corroborates (0.84)
• Gender predicts distinct surveillance types for Muslim Americans in airports. #corroborates (0.82) — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 206
• Airport watchlist scrutiny falls primarily on Muslim men rather than women #corroborates (0.80)
• Airport surveillance differentially targets men via lists and hijab-wearing women via physical searches #qualifies (0.78) — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 70