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ideologies of sexual inequality and strategies for change in male‐female relations
Author(s) -
DWYER DAISY HILSE
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
american ethnologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.875
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1548-1425
pISSN - 0094-0496
DOI - 10.1525/ae.1978.5.2.02a00030
Subject(s) - ideology , inequality , gender studies , ideal (ethics) , sociology , politics , identity (music) , social psychology , psychology , political science , aesthetics , law , philosophy , mathematics , mathematical analysis
An identity of beliefs about maleness and femaleness among the males and females of any society has generally been presumed. This paper examines the sexual ideologies of societies characterized by sexual inequality in terms of divergences between male and female beliefs and in terms of potentials for political change. Four sorts of sexual ideologies are put forward as ideal types. Differences in patterns of protest and change are examined as they correlate with these types.