The Media, Black Men, O. J., and the Million Man March Ishmael Reed BLACK MEN HAVE become the sacrificial lambs for all male evil. Men from other ethnic groups whose treatment of women is, in some cases, worse than that accorded black women by black men join the attack on black men as a way […]
День: 11.09.2015
Polygyny and Christianity: Christ and his nuns
The Christian sanctioning of polygyny takes the form of nuns actually marrying Christ — down to the taking of vows and the wearing of a wedding ring to symbolize the union. The polygynous marriage between Christ and nuns is ideal from the nuns’ perspective because, while Christ assumes the protection of millions of women, the […]
The new schools 1902-1911
Expectations and misgivings The appearance of public schools for girls during the last decade of the Qing dynasty represents one of the most dramatic social and cultural changes of the period. Such a phenomenon not only contributed to the growing public visibility of adolescent girls and women in general,1 but also set in motion wider […]
TESTIMONY 2: AMINA SAYID
Editors’ note As Sadia Musse Ahmed has highlighted, marriage ties across clan lineages have an important role in ensuring safe passage. During the civil war such family ties were a source of protection for many; they enabled family members to move through otherwise hostile territories equipped with a ‘name’ or contact relative who could act […]
SELF AND CODE: THE CASE OF FEMININE WILES
One controversy running through both traditional and egalitarian advice books is whether to use feminine wiles; authors on both sides feel obliged to take a position on the question. In nineteenth-century America, “feminine wiles” were an acknowledged if not much admired way in which a woman might get what she wanted indirectly when direct access […]
SELF AND CODE: THE CASE OF FEMININE WILES
One controversy running through both traditional and egalitarian advice books is whether to use feminine wiles; authors on both sides feel obliged to take a position on the question. In nineteenth-century America, “feminine wiles” were an acknowledged if not much admired way in which a woman might get what she wanted indirectly when direct access […]
Differentiated identities and hierarchies of taste
During the 1980s, feminism was criticized for privileging white, heterosexual, middle — class women as the subjects of its discourse, while assuming a universal relevance. The ‘shared experience’ of women or its use as a category of political identity is, in these terms, made more problematic by its articulation with other formative identifications — especially […]
Losing a Loved One
Death unearths deep feelings about family. The death of a parent, in particular, calls attention to both the importance and the fragility of family, often compelling women to put family first in their own lives. They become proactive as part of the grieving process, mourning the loss and healing by creating their own families. Usually, […]
THE PRINCIPLE OF BALANCING
Not only do advice books mix codes, adding in other elements of culture; some advice books tell readers how to balance “masculine” with “feminine” demeanor and feeling rules. Some advice books urge women to adopt “masculine” manners. In The Right Moves Charlene Mitchell urges women to remain detached, cool, businesslike, and for purposes of making […]
THE PRINCIPLE OF BALANCING
Not only do advice books mix codes, adding in other elements of culture; some advice books tell readers how to balance “masculine” with “feminine” demeanor and feeling rules. Some advice books urge women to adopt “masculine” manners. In The Right Moves Charlene Mitchell urges women to remain detached, cool, businesslike, and for purposes of making […]