The Psychology of Women under Patriarchy
The Psychology of Women under Patriarchy
In the #MeToo era, US women continue to struggle with whether or not to report sexual harassment, while women living in parts of rural Pakistan and Mexico try to pursue educational and employment opportunities without directly refusing parental wishes for them to marry. Despite rapidly changing social and economic conditions worldwide, patriarchal practices remain remarkably widespread and persistent. Noting the need to move beyond a dichotomy of accommodation and resistance, the contributors to this volume draw upon field research and in-depth qualitative data from different parts of the world to explore the reasons for women's varied psychological responses to patriarchy. These feminist scholars bridge preexisting divides between bio-psychological, sociological, and cultural perspectives to explain the ways that women's desires, goals, and identities interact with culturally situated systems in order to develop more complex theories about the psychological underpinnings of patriarchy and to inform more socially progressive policies to improve the lives of women and men globally.
Holly F. Mathews is a professor of anthropology at East Carolina University with a theoretical background in cognitive anthropology as applied to the study of gender roles and gender ideology. Adriana M. Manago is an assistant professor of developmental psychology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, specializing in adolescence and the transition to adulthood.
Acknowledgments
Chapter One. Introduction: Understanding Women's Psychological Responses to Various Forms of Patriarchy
Holly F. Mathews and Adriana M. Manago
Chapter Two. Historical Circumstances and Biological Proclivities Surrounding Patriarchy
Naomi Quinn
Chapter Three. Growing Up Female in North India
Susan C. Seymour
Chapter Four. To Make Her Understand with Love: Expectations for Emotion Work in North Indian Families
Jocelyn Marrow
Chapter Five. Perspectives on Gender Roles and Relations across Three Generations of Maya Women in Southern Mexico
Adriana M. Manago
Chapter Six. Contested Terrains of Female Education in Rural Muslim Pakistan
Ayesha Khurshid
Chapter Seven. Moving beyond Notions of Resistance and Accommodation: Understanding How Women Navigate Conflicting Models of Marriage in Rural Mexico
Holly F. Mathews
Chapter Eight. What Women's Experiences in Disadvantaged Families in Ankara, Turkey, Have to Tell about Patriarchy
Gülden Güvenç
Chapter Nine. Theorizing Female Consent: Familism, Motherhood, and Middle-Class Feminine Subjectivity in Contemporary South Korea
Kelly H. Chong
Chapter Ten. Property, Patriarchy, and the Chinese State
Leta Hong Fincher
Chapter Eleven. Reflections on Kidnap and Rape Culture: A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Patriarchy
Cynthia Werner
Chapter Twelve. Conclusion: Charting a Way Forward
Holly F. Mathews and Adriana M. Manago
References
List of Contributors
Index
