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Ženska tijela, reprodukcija i društvena stigmatizacija žena
Female Bodies, Reproduction and Social Stigmatisation of Women

Author(s): Branka Galić
Subject(s): Gender Studies
Published by: Ženska infoteka
Keywords: women; home; reproduction; patriarchy

Summary/Abstract: The author begins with a thesis according to which all patriarchal societies strive to limit women to the space of the home and to reproduction, although there are among them great differences in the expression of models, structures, intensities and dimensions of patriarchy. Although even in the most developed countries, such as the USA or the EU, patriarchy has acquired some different forms, it still hasn't anywhere been overcome. The text begins with a historic overview within the theory of reproduction, continues with discussion of the relation of matherhood and women's emancipation and of the realtion of reproductive genetics and political bodies.

  • Issue Year: 2006
  • Issue No: 30
  • Page Range: 23-33
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Croatian