Prestige and gender role ideology: a study of young Tanzanian men.

IF 2.2 Q1 ANTHROPOLOGY
Evolutionary Human Sciences Pub Date : 2025-02-14 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI:10.1017/ehs.2025.4
Alexander M Ishungisa, Joseph A Kilgallen, Elisha Mabula, Charlotte O Brand, Mark Urassa, David W Lawson
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Abstract

With the objective of informing theoretical accounts of social learning and gendered conflict, we explore the role of prestige in the formation of men's beliefs about gender in a semi-rural but fast urbanizing community in north-western Tanzania. Using focus groups and participant observation, we contrast the extent to which young men view elders and men from the neighbouring city as prestigious, and the beliefs they ascribe to each category. Elders were viewed as prestigious because of their age and position as preservers and teachers of societal norms. Their prestige was culturally mandated, as evidenced by customs bestowing respect. In contrast, only subcategories of city men were deemed prestigious dependent on individual achievement. Prestige was difficult to distinguish from dominance, as both elders and city men can exert penalties on those with differing views. Elders were viewed as mostly, but not always, unsupportive of women's empowerment, whereas city men were viewed as mostly, but not always, supportive of women's empowerment. We conclude that urbanization shifts the distribution of prestige, exposing individuals to novel sources of social influence. However, future studies should be wary not to oversimplify elders as upholders of patriarchal beliefs and city men as universally supportive of women's empowerment.

声望与性别角色意识形态:坦桑尼亚青年男性的研究。
为了提供社会学习和性别冲突的理论解释,我们在坦桑尼亚西北部一个半农村但快速城市化的社区探讨了声望在男性性别信念形成中的作用。通过焦点小组和参与者观察,我们对比了年轻人将长辈和邻近城市的男性视为有声望的程度,以及他们对这两类人的看法。长者被视为有声望的,因为他们的年龄和作为社会规范的维护者和教师的地位。他们的声望在文化上是强制性的,习俗给予尊重就是明证。相比之下,只有城市男性的子类别被认为取决于个人成就。威望和支配地位很难区分,因为长辈和城里人都可以对持不同意见的人施加惩罚。老年人被认为大多数(但并非总是)不支持赋予妇女权力,而城市男性被认为大多数(但并非总是)支持赋予妇女权力。我们的结论是,城市化改变了声望的分布,使个人暴露于新的社会影响来源。然而,未来的研究应该小心谨慎,不要把老年人简单化为男权信仰的拥护者,把城市男性简单化为普遍支持女性赋权的人。
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Evolutionary Human Sciences
Evolutionary Human Sciences Social Sciences-Cultural Studies
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