scholarly journals Women in Adébáyọ̀ Fálétí’s Poetry

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Abidemi Bolarinwa
Keyword(s):  
Local Governance ◽  
Cultural Beliefs ◽  
Gender Ideology ◽  
Market Place ◽  
Women Studies ◽  
Marriage And Family ◽  
Public Spheres ◽  
Power And Control ◽  
Ethnic Variations ◽  
And Control

Women have been victims of gender ideology which, according to Hussein (2005), is a systemic set of cultural beliefs through which a society constructs and wields its gender relations and practices. Gender ideology contains legends, narratives and myths about what it means to be a man or a woman and suggests how each should behave in a society (Olabode, 2009). Women are a non-homogenous group as their status and roles in the society are determined by a complexity of factors such as being a daughter, sister, and wife; a cultic member; and the economic and political positions they hold in the market place and in local governance (Ilesanmi, 2013). Sub-ethnic variations were also reported in customs and practices such as a marriage and family life, pre-natal and post-natal practices and others. Men in various sub-ethnic (Yorùba) groups are given privileges in matters relating to power and control ́ in domestic and public spheres. Since culture is not static but rather dynamic, therefore contemporary writers are now advocating for portrayal that will extol women’s virtues, thereby bringing to the fore the indispensable roles women play in society. In order to redeem and recreate an enhanced status for women, studies about women abound in literary studies, with little attention given to issues of women in Adébayó ̀ Fa ̩ ́letí ’s poetry. Thus, using the feminist approach ex ́ - amines how women are portrayed in Fálétí’s poetry so as to establish his view about the womenfolk.

Star Power

2020 ◽  
pp. 99-127
Author(s):  
Steven M. Ortiz
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Stressors ◽  
Marriage And Family ◽  
Star Power ◽  
Power And Control ◽  
Personal Empowerment ◽  
Domestic Lives ◽  
Control Work ◽  
And Control ◽  
Insight Into

This chapter provides insight into the use of power and control through the use of control work. It explores how the husbands rely on aspects of their occupational lives to try to control their domestic lives, and how the wives rely on aspects of their domestic lives in their attempts to have control in their marriage and family, cope with what they can’t control about their husbands’ careers, respond to their husbands’ efforts to control them, or gain a sense of personal empowerment. It illustrates how the sexual subordination of wives is achieved through control work and how the husbands’ control tactics ensure that the wives perform their “wifely duty.” It examines the women’s use of manipulation and other control tactics and the domestic control they rely on to cope with marital or occupational stressors. The chapter also examines the potential costs for wives who rely on control work.

Intimate Partner Violence in Transgender Couples: “Power and Control” in a Specific Cultural Context

Partner Abuse ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 126-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Loree Cook-Daniels
Keyword(s):  
Partner Violence ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Cultural Beliefs ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Collaborative Problem Solving ◽  
High Stakes ◽  
Power And Control ◽  
Trans People ◽  
The Difference ◽  
And Control

Applying a “power and control” lens to high-stakes conflicts involving a trans1 person and their intimate partner can both illuminate and distort the true picture of what is going on. This article discusses 6 ways in which discriminatory societal structures and/or cultural beliefs specific to trans people and their families can be wielded as power and control weapons by both trans people and their non-trans partners. These same “abuse tactics” may, however, simply be evidence of a lack of collaborative problem-solving beliefs and skills. The difference between the two is illustrated using common issues likely to be faced by a couple undergoing or contemplating a gender transition. This article ends with specific issues and concerns that should be addressed when safety planning with a trans person or their partner.

Power and control: transferring energy when there is work to be done

2005 ◽  
pp. 29-30
Author(s):  
Naveen Sharma ◽  
William Stanley
Keyword(s):  
Power And Control ◽  
And Control

International Human Rights Law and Blockade

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Phillip Drew
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
International Human Rights Law ◽  
Humanitarian Law ◽  
Human Rights Law ◽  
International Human Rights ◽  
European Court ◽  
Power And Control ◽  
International Human ◽  
Extraterritorial Jurisdiction ◽  
And Control

The years since the beginning of the twenty-first century have seen a significant incursion of international human rights law into the domain that had previously been the within the exclusive purview of international humanitarian law. The expansion of extraterritorial jurisdiction, particularly by the European Court of Human Rights, means that for many states, the exercise of physical power and control over an individual outside their territory may engage the jurisdiction of human rights obligations. Understanding the expansive tendencies of certain human rights tribunals, and the apparent disdain they have for any ambiguity respecting human rights, it is offered that the uncertain nature of the law surrounding humanitarian relief during blockades could leave blockading forces vulnerable to legal challenge under human rights legislation, particularly in cases in which starvation occurs as a result of a blockade.

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