Gender for the 99 per cent (Respond to this article at http://www.therai.org.uk/at/debate) |
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| Authors: | Nancy Lindisfarne Jonathan Neale |
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| Institution: | 1. Taught anthropology at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. She has written widely on gender and the Middle East, starting with Bartered brides: Politics, gender and marriage in an Afghan tribal society (1991). Her email is nanstarr44@hotmail.com.;2. Studied anthropology at LSE and did fieldwork in Afghanistan. He has written books on mutinies in Nelson's Navy, the Vietnam War, Sherpa climbers, climate change, and several novels. His email is findjonathan@hotmail.com. |
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| Abstract: | This article looks at the ways elite actors – men and women – try to reinforce gender inequality in order to justify class inequality. In class societies, elites try to naturalize inequality. They often use race or religion, but they always use gender. Gender buttresses class inequality so well because of the way it is embodied – it brings inequality into the most intimate, treasured and loving parts of our lives. |
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