| Autor: |
Kumar, Pusispesh, Yelne, G. S. |
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Sociological Bulletin; Mar2003, Vol. 52 Issue 1, p91-113, 23p |
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The article discusses women's resistance to violence. In India, despite some accommodation of gendered protest in the local rural milieu, along with the changing self-perception of women themselves, the patriarchal power relations still prevail and visibly operate. The change has not disturbed the sexual division of labour. Women have to engage in household chores and child care besides their hard work in the field. They have to comply with the prescribed cultural norms and expectations by observing "feminine" modesty. It is difficult for women to become a "class for itself" from being a "class in itself" in the conventional Marxist wisdom, as patriarchy is very complex and it extracts the consent of women in various subtle ways. For a sustained collective agency, the mediation of middle-class feminist activists can be suggested as an interventionary possibility. Some civil society groups or Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) committed to gender equity should take the lead and forge linkages with local institutions like panchayats and mahila mandals to preserve and institutionalise resistance to violence. |
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