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Unequal Terms: Gender, Power, And The Recreation Of Hierarchy, Naomi R. Cahn, June Carbone
Unequal Terms: Gender, Power, And The Recreation Of Hierarchy, Naomi R. Cahn, June Carbone
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This paper explores the relationship between feminist theory and rising economic inequality. It shows how greater inequality reflects the valorization of the stereotypically male qualities of competition and hierarchy, producing a greater concentration of wealth among a small number of men at the top, shortchanging men more than women through the rest of the economy, and altering the way that men and women match up to each other in the creation of families. By creating a framework for further research on the relationship between the norms of the top and the disadvantages of everyone else in more unequal societies, the …