Given that civil partnership was a relatively new possibility when our young partners entered into it, in principle there is no reason why it should be automatically seen as marriage or as a form of marriage. The fact that most of our interviewees saw it in this way, and entered into it in this spirit, […]
День: 29.09.2015
If men experience being fired as being raped, do they experience the boss who fires as a rapist?
If being fired or involuntarily unemployed is the male version of rape,* then the boss who fires an employee is unconsciously experienced as a type of rapist. Because this boss is usually a man, millions of men who fire a few to save the jobs of many feel they are one part rapist and one […]
Making ends meet in the post-civil war period in Somaliland
With the defeat of the regime in January 1991 the war between the SNM and the government came to an end. Voluntary repatriation from the camps followed after the declaration of independence by the ex-northern regions of Somalia. For several months ex-refugees returned to ruined towns and villages with no infrastructure, no social services and […]
The Course of History
The early development of gender relations is a matter of deep interest, regardless of the origins debate. In fact it hardly matters whether we can define an origin or not. The history begins when the archaeological evidence becomes full enough to throw some real light on the structure of gender relations. There is no evidence […]
Content of Stereotypes
Stereotypes are a special type of social knowledge structure or social belief. They represent socially shared beliefs about characteristics and behaviors of a particular social group. We all have stereotypes of groups of individuals and beliefs about how they will act in certain situations, such as “Older adults will be more rigid in their point […]
Basic Necessities or Escalating Lifestyles?
When most of the working people I know in the San Francisco Bay Area talk about the need for two incomes to afford a home, they’re making a fairly accurate calculation. (And even then, the two incomes have to be well above the national median.) But living in this area is a conscious lifestyle choice, […]
Basic Necessities or Escalating Lifestyles?
When most of the working people I know in the San Francisco Bay Area talk about the need for two incomes to afford a home, they’re making a fairly accurate calculation. (And even then, the two incomes have to be well above the national median.) But living in this area is a conscious lifestyle choice, […]
‘MARGINALISED VOICES’ AND ‘THE POLITICS OF. DIFFERENCE’
Feminism has been confronted by debates emanating from its ‘margins’ andfrom the theoretical challenges raised by postmodernism, poststructuralism and post-colonialism. A major area of debate for second wave feminism has been its ability to deal with differences among women, without losing the impetus that derives from a unified and coherent movement for social change. Postmodernism […]
Feminist Expectations:. Who Suffers from the Problem. That Has No Name?
he women’s movement for equal opportunity in the I 1960s spawned tremendous gains in educational I achievement and labor-force participation. Not only..A» has women’s share of college enrollments increased (from 37 percent in i960 to 57 percent in 2002), they work harder at their studies than men and walk off with a disproportionate share of […]
Feminist Expectations:. Who Suffers from the Problem. That Has No Name?
he women’s movement for equal opportunity in the I 1960s spawned tremendous gains in educational I achievement and labor-force participation. Not only..A» has women’s share of college enrollments increased (from 37 percent in i960 to 57 percent in 2002), they work harder at their studies than men and walk off with a disproportionate share of […]