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“Patriarchy” in Czech Society1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2020

Hana Havelková
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Abstract

1948 and 1989 were turning points in Czech society. In forty years under communism, men and women were equalized by the regime's totalitarianism and egalitarianism. I argue that these forces, as well as concomitant changes in the public and private spheres, dictate that women's situation should not be interpreted in terms of patriarchy. Women's issues and the problem of patriarchy, which under communism seemed irrelevant in Czech society, may now come to the fore because the postcommunist period requires women to undertake an essential rethinking of their identity.

Type
SPECIAL CLUSTER ON EASTERN EUROPEAN FEMINISM
Information
Hypatia , Volume 8 , Issue 4 , Fall 1993 , pp. 89 - 96
Copyright
Copyright © 1993 by Hypatia, Inc.

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