: Three things I got wrong about patriarchy #IndiaNEWS I want to make a confession. In the past I got things wrong, seriously wrong. Allow me to share why I was so mistaken and how I came to revise my

Three things I got wrong about patriarchy #IndiaNEWS
I want to make a confession. In the past I got things wrong, seriously wrong. Allow me to share why I was so mistaken and how I came to revise my prior assumptions as part of my research on why all countries have become more gender equal, and why some are more gender equal than others.1 When I lacked globally comparative knowledge, I was blind to country-specific characteristics“Banamayo kuti babomba incito sha baume.??? Women can do what men can do, can be heard across the Zambian Copperbelt. Eager understand the causes of growing support for gender equality, I undertook 18 months of ethnographic research. I became fluent in Bemba, interviewed over 200 people, lived in slums, swamps and middle-class homes, observed classrooms, markets and political meetings.Worsening economic security – the collapsing price of copper, state cut-backs, male job losses, the scourge of HIV/AIDs – had propelled women into the labour market. As a multitude of women demonstrated equal competence in socially valued male-dominated domains, people slowly came to question their gender stereotypes. Market traders share stories of female mechanics, mine truck drivers, and widows, single-handedly providing for their children. Seeing this public support, others become emboldened to demand equality: “For the elections, we want women!???My explanation was only half right....Read more

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