WOMENST 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Family Constellations, Liberal Democracy, Family Values
25 Jul 2016
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All states engage to a certain degree in establishing, maintaining, and policing the divide between the public and the private spheres. The state (in western liberal democracies) is the main organizer of the power relations of gender . (pettman) Easy to note distinctions, once you g on looking for them: Laws that governs voting, holding property, speaking in court. Tax and pension regulations that enforce particular family constellations. Payment differentials and discriminatory policies in employment tolerance. Men"s status as full citizens relies, historically, on their ability to control and represent a house full of dependents (= women, children, and slaves) More difficult to suss out: the representation al rold women fulfill in articulating the state"s essence and its cultural mission. Conveyors of culture, customs, songs, religion, ethics, cuisine, and language. *** women"s domestic role is crucial to the nation- state"s self-understanding*** The control of appropriateness, the female sexuality, determines what is respectable is society.
