DIANA JEATER
- Published in print:
- 1993
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198203797
- eISBN:
- 9780191675980
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198203797.003.0001
- Subject:
- History, World Modern History
This chapter attempts to find a starting-point from which to examine how men and women might experience urbanization in a new colonial context. It considers the relationships within and between two ...
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This chapter attempts to find a starting-point from which to examine how men and women might experience urbanization in a new colonial context. It considers the relationships within and between two internally complex and divided groups, homogenized within colonial discourse into simple ‘European’ and ‘African’ communities. The Gwelo District provided the starting point in the study of African marriage relationships in Southern Rhodesia. This chapter also discusses accounts of pre-colonial polities that engaged with the question of female subordination, bridewealth relationships or exchange, ‘labour power’ analysis, and the conceptualization of marriage relationship in these communities.Less
This chapter attempts to find a starting-point from which to examine how men and women might experience urbanization in a new colonial context. It considers the relationships within and between two internally complex and divided groups, homogenized within colonial discourse into simple ‘European’ and ‘African’ communities. The Gwelo District provided the starting point in the study of African marriage relationships in Southern Rhodesia. This chapter also discusses accounts of pre-colonial polities that engaged with the question of female subordination, bridewealth relationships or exchange, ‘labour power’ analysis, and the conceptualization of marriage relationship in these communities.
James Grantham Turner
- Published in print:
- 1994
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198182498
- eISBN:
- 9780191673818
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198182498.003.0004
- Subject:
- Literature, Milton Studies, 17th-century and Restoration Literature
The reconstruction of Paradisal sexuality could lead either to a world-renouncing spiritual libertinism or to a new sense of holiness in the everyday business of matrimony. It brings out a ...
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The reconstruction of Paradisal sexuality could lead either to a world-renouncing spiritual libertinism or to a new sense of holiness in the everyday business of matrimony. It brings out a paradoxical commitment to praxis in Christianity, which forces the Platonic doctrine of Eros, formulated in a spiritual and homosexual milieu, into the contested ideological arena of the sexes. For Luther, the mutual-egalitarian interpretation was always a possibility in Protestant exegesis and Renaissance humanism, as this chapter shows. The application of Genesis to marriage, and to the status of woman, was by no means univocally patriarchal. But it would be utopian to deny the overwhelming weight of the subordinationist reading. The punishment of subordination in 3:16 is translated into a universal or ‘natural’ condition that continues unchanged even after other Old Testament impositions, like circumcision and burnt-offerings, had been abolished by Christianity.Less
The reconstruction of Paradisal sexuality could lead either to a world-renouncing spiritual libertinism or to a new sense of holiness in the everyday business of matrimony. It brings out a paradoxical commitment to praxis in Christianity, which forces the Platonic doctrine of Eros, formulated in a spiritual and homosexual milieu, into the contested ideological arena of the sexes. For Luther, the mutual-egalitarian interpretation was always a possibility in Protestant exegesis and Renaissance humanism, as this chapter shows. The application of Genesis to marriage, and to the status of woman, was by no means univocally patriarchal. But it would be utopian to deny the overwhelming weight of the subordinationist reading. The punishment of subordination in 3:16 is translated into a universal or ‘natural’ condition that continues unchanged even after other Old Testament impositions, like circumcision and burnt-offerings, had been abolished by Christianity.
Valerie M. Hudson and Patricia Leidl
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- November 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780231164924
- eISBN:
- 9780231539104
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Columbia University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7312/columbia/9780231164924.003.0002
- Subject:
- Political Science, American Politics
This chapter assesses the premise of the Hillary Doctrine, which states that the situation, security, and status of women within a nation affect that nation's security, stability, and prosperity. ...
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This chapter assesses the premise of the Hillary Doctrine, which states that the situation, security, and status of women within a nation affect that nation's security, stability, and prosperity. Democratization cannot be meaningfully attempted without the simultaneous advancement of women's human rights, including the right to physical security. Societies established on a foundation of female subordination simultaneously promote the normalization of violence as a means of dispute resolution. Individual men who participate in group-sanctioned, violent coercion of women are more likely to become fighters willing to use force to obtain political ends, setting the stage for a type of parasitical governance based on the extortion and redistribution of rents—goods and services obtained without recompense. Thus, the subjugation of women not only results in the corruption of meaningful democracy; it also undermines any attempt to establish an economic system in which all people enjoy an equitable share of the nation's wealth.Less
This chapter assesses the premise of the Hillary Doctrine, which states that the situation, security, and status of women within a nation affect that nation's security, stability, and prosperity. Democratization cannot be meaningfully attempted without the simultaneous advancement of women's human rights, including the right to physical security. Societies established on a foundation of female subordination simultaneously promote the normalization of violence as a means of dispute resolution. Individual men who participate in group-sanctioned, violent coercion of women are more likely to become fighters willing to use force to obtain political ends, setting the stage for a type of parasitical governance based on the extortion and redistribution of rents—goods and services obtained without recompense. Thus, the subjugation of women not only results in the corruption of meaningful democracy; it also undermines any attempt to establish an economic system in which all people enjoy an equitable share of the nation's wealth.
Tom Digby
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- November 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780231168410
- eISBN:
- 9780231538404
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Columbia University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7312/columbia/9780231168410.003.0001
- Subject:
- Philosophy, Political Philosophy
This chapter explores the cultural programming of heterosexual romantic relationships. It begins by citing the real-life story of a couple who are both Army sergeants, Sergeants William and Erin ...
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This chapter explores the cultural programming of heterosexual romantic relationships. It begins by citing the real-life story of a couple who are both Army sergeants, Sergeants William and Erin Edwards. Erin exemplifies a life of a woman whose cultural ideals are changing, while William typifies a man whose manhood cannot adjust to women's changing cultural ideals. This phenomenon is known as the heterosexual antagonism caused by cultural programming. Cultural programming assigns men with natural dominance and women with natural submissiveness. The idea has been challenged in several countries and different fields of expertise. The chapter also considers philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche's views about the intertwining of love and gender equality in heterosexual romantic relationships. Nietzsche agrees with the male domination/female subordination arrangement in romantic relationships.Less
This chapter explores the cultural programming of heterosexual romantic relationships. It begins by citing the real-life story of a couple who are both Army sergeants, Sergeants William and Erin Edwards. Erin exemplifies a life of a woman whose cultural ideals are changing, while William typifies a man whose manhood cannot adjust to women's changing cultural ideals. This phenomenon is known as the heterosexual antagonism caused by cultural programming. Cultural programming assigns men with natural dominance and women with natural submissiveness. The idea has been challenged in several countries and different fields of expertise. The chapter also considers philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche's views about the intertwining of love and gender equality in heterosexual romantic relationships. Nietzsche agrees with the male domination/female subordination arrangement in romantic relationships.
Ellen Willis
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- August 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780816680795
- eISBN:
- 9781452949000
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816680795.003.0013
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Cultural Studies
This chapter examines Simone de Beauvoir’s impact on feminist politics and feminism more generally. De Beauvoir’s The Second Sex, remains the most cogent and thorough book of feminist theory yet ...
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This chapter examines Simone de Beauvoir’s impact on feminist politics and feminism more generally. De Beauvoir’s The Second Sex, remains the most cogent and thorough book of feminist theory yet written. With its exhaustive portrayal of the ways in which male domination and female subordination penetrate every aspect of everyday life and shape our cultural myths and fantasies, it offers detailed evidence for the basic claims of second wave feminism: that male supremacy is a coherent system of power relations, and that “the personal is political.” De Beauvoir’s influence pervades the early radical feminist critiques of Marxism. It was de Beauvoir who first pointed out the reductionism of Friedrich Engels’s attempt to trace women’s oppression to the formation of classes. She argues that “historical materialism takes for granted facts that call for explanation”.Less
This chapter examines Simone de Beauvoir’s impact on feminist politics and feminism more generally. De Beauvoir’s The Second Sex, remains the most cogent and thorough book of feminist theory yet written. With its exhaustive portrayal of the ways in which male domination and female subordination penetrate every aspect of everyday life and shape our cultural myths and fantasies, it offers detailed evidence for the basic claims of second wave feminism: that male supremacy is a coherent system of power relations, and that “the personal is political.” De Beauvoir’s influence pervades the early radical feminist critiques of Marxism. It was de Beauvoir who first pointed out the reductionism of Friedrich Engels’s attempt to trace women’s oppression to the formation of classes. She argues that “historical materialism takes for granted facts that call for explanation”.
Tom Digby
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- November 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780231168410
- eISBN:
- 9780231538404
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Columbia University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7312/columbia/9780231168410.003.0004
- Subject:
- Philosophy, Political Philosophy
This chapter explores the notion of faith in the context of heterosexual love, drawing on the views of philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. According to Nietzsche, women and men are culturally programmed ...
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This chapter explores the notion of faith in the context of heterosexual love, drawing on the views of philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. According to Nietzsche, women and men are culturally programmed to understand love in ways that are different from, yet complementary to, each other. Nietzsche's description brings in the case of Hedda Nussbaum and Joel Steinberg, which also demonstrates the act of surrender grounded in the notion of faith within heterosexual relationships. Hedda, the victimized wife, continues to “worship” Joel, her estranged husband, despite her suffering from domestic violence. Nietzsche's description was later challenged at the turn of the twenty-first century. The chapter also considers the changing trends in heterosexual love, from the male dominance/female subordination model to a phenomenon known as masculine romanticism.Less
This chapter explores the notion of faith in the context of heterosexual love, drawing on the views of philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. According to Nietzsche, women and men are culturally programmed to understand love in ways that are different from, yet complementary to, each other. Nietzsche's description brings in the case of Hedda Nussbaum and Joel Steinberg, which also demonstrates the act of surrender grounded in the notion of faith within heterosexual relationships. Hedda, the victimized wife, continues to “worship” Joel, her estranged husband, despite her suffering from domestic violence. Nietzsche's description was later challenged at the turn of the twenty-first century. The chapter also considers the changing trends in heterosexual love, from the male dominance/female subordination model to a phenomenon known as masculine romanticism.
