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The Evils of Polygyny

The Evils of Polygyny

McDermott, Rose
Renwick Monroe, Kristen

Hardcover

Series: Easton Lectures

General Gender StudiesGeneral SociologyInternational Relations

ISBN10: 1501718037
ISBN13: 9781501718038
Publisher: Cornell Univ Pr
Published: May 15 2018
Pages: 198
Weight: 1.02
Height: 0.63 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Why do men act violently toward women?

What are the consequences of normal violence, not only for women and children but also for the men who instigate it, and for the societies that sanction it?

The Evils of Polygyny examines one powerful structural factor that instigates, enforces, and replicates patterns of male dominance: the practice of polygyny. From more than a decade's worth of study, Rose McDermott has produced a book that uncovers the violent impact of polygyny on women, children, and the nation-state and adds fundamentally to the burgeoning focus on gender concerns in political psychology and international relations. Integrating these fields, as well as domestic policy and human rights, the author urges us to address the question of violence toward women and children. If we do not, a system that tells young women they must marry whom their elders dictate and devote their entire lives to serving others will continue to plague the contemporary world, and restrict development.

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