Poor Man's Patriarchy: Gender Roles and Global Crises
Year: 2014
Type: article
Abstract: This article argues that rapid recent global economic shocks have revealed a poor man's patriarchy – a washed-out version of ancient male privileges, but yoked to responsibilities poor men can rarely meet. At the same time, norms that helped keep women at home in unpaid care roles have weakened and paid work is an ambition for more and more. Drawing on original research into experiences of food price volatility in ten developing countries in 2012, this article argues that in this destabilising of old gender roles, there may be some emancipatory potential. Present conditions of poor man's patriarchy suggest some scope for cross-gender coalitions with progressive, redistributive political agendas.
Source: IDS Bulletin
Authors: Alexandra Kelbert, Naomi Hossain
Institutions: Oxfam, Institute of Development Studies
Language: English
Subfield: Gender Studies
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2051050197