PSY BEH 104S Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Central Link, Parental Leave, Masculinity
14 Dec 2016
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Women"s citizenship is of a dual nature : women are both included within the general bounds of the state and separated out of it. Women are both denied full citizenship rights and used to symbolize the nation state. Much debate about who is situated within the boundaries of the state. Citizenship was determined as the rights of man . The state constructs, and keeps surveillance of, the private domain, especially in the lower classes. In many third world countries, however, there is less influence from state and more influence from culture and religion. There is one characteristic that specifies women"s citizenship. On one hand, women are always included in the general body of citizens of the state. On the other hand, there is always a body of legislation that appeals to them as women. Women often symbolized the national collectivity, its roots, its spirits, its national project. Given the social role of intergenerational transmitters of cultural traditions and customs.
