Masculine Discourses as Control and Tension Devices in Women’s Leadership and Empowering Configuration
| Autor: | Paulina Irene Salinas Meruane |
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| Jazyk: | Spanish; Castilian<br />Portuguese |
| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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| Zdroj: | Revista Estudos Feministas, Vol 15, Iss 3 (2007) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 0104-026X 1806-9584 |
| Popis: | The present contribution deals with the meaning of the feminine leadership from a masculine perspective. By using a qualitative approach, open interviews were developed to understand the meaning that men assign to the feminine leadership. The speeches were analyzed on the basis of the Strauss/Corbin-theory (2003). The results show that men agree with the changes experienced by the gender roles. In a specific way, men agree that women need to have more societal-economic opportunities, which are necessary for more equitable relationship inside the family. However, within this positive framework emerging tensions configure a dissatisfaction of the masculinity that, in turn, impact the intimate sphere questioning the present day inter-gender relationship. Finally, there is a men’s group with more progressive speeches which venture towards a positive evaluation of the women’s capacities and their assumed public space-roles. However this positive evaluation is vigilant, ambivalent, and influenced by a perception of confidence/ uncertainty, efficiency/inefficiency of the effective societal contribution that women are able to reach. |
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