Greek Women, Motherhood, Employment and Sexual Behaviour: a Study of the Dynamics of Power in Marriage
Publisher: University of Surrey
Published: 2003
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 282
Table of contents: title: Chapter 1 │ Introduction │1; title: Chapter 2 │ An Ethnographic Approach │9; title: 2.1 │ Profile of Greece │10; title: 2.2 │ Background and Settings │10; title: 2.3 │ Orthodox Christianity and Hellenism │13; title: 2.4 │ Sex Education │16; title: 2.5 │ Honour and Vendettas │17; title: 2.6 │ Leisure Time for Young People │21; title: 2.7 │  Leisure Time for Adults │25; title: 2.8 │ Young People and Employment │27; title: 2.9 │ Relationships and Marriage │30; title: Summary │34; title: Chapter 3 │ Demographics and Other Social Trends │35; title: 3.1 │ Family Structures │35; title: 3.2 │ Marital Status │42; title: 3.3 │ Education │44; title: 3.4 │ Labour Force │51; title: 3.5 │ Higher Education, Politics and Judiciary │58; title: Summary │60; title: Chapter 4 │ Literature Review │61; title: Patriarchy, Family, Motherhood and Human Sexuality │61; title: Introduction │61; title: 4.1 │ Gender Roles as Complementary and Functional │62; title: 4.2 │ Gender Roles as Unequal and Conflicting │63; title: 4.2.1 │ Marxist Explanations │63; title: 4.2.2 │ Feminist Explanations │64; title: 4.2.2a │ Women as Housewives │64; title: 4.2.2b │ Women as Mothers │65; title: 4.2.2c │ Women as Wives │67; title: 4.2.2d │ Emotional Labour │68; title: Section Summary │70; title: 4.3 │ Gender and Power │70; title: Introduction│70; title: 4.3.1│ Sociological Approaches to the Concept of Power: Definitions │71; title: 4.3.2 │ Feminist Approaches to the Concept of Power: The Emergence of Patriarchy │74; title: 4.3.2a │ Patriarchy and Sexuality │76; title: 4.3.2b│ Sexuality as a Form of Male Power Over Women as a Separate Domain │77; title: Pornography and Prostitution │78; title: Rape │78; title: Sexual Harassment │79; title: 4.3.2c │ Patriarchy and Capitalism │80; title: 4.3.2d│  Sylvia Walby and Patriarchy │81; title: 4.3.3 │ Rural Greece: Women and Power │83; title: 4.3.3a │ Women’s Power: Ideological or Material │86; title: 4.3.3b │ How Power is Exerted │90; title: Withholding Sex │90; title: Nagging in Public │91; title: Neglecting Duties │92; title: Section Summary │93; title: 4.4 │ Human Sexuality │94; title: Introduction │94; title: 4.4.1 │ The Study of Human Sexuality │95; title: 4.4.1a │ Henry Havelock Ellis (1859 – 1939) │95; title: 4.4.1b │ Sigmund Freud (1856 – 1939) │96; title: 4.4.2 │ Sex Surveys │98; title: 4.4.2a │ Alfred Kinsey (1904 – 1956) │98; title: 4.4.2b │ William Masters and Virginia Johnson │99; title: 4.4.2c │ Shere Hite │99; title: 4.4.2d │ Surveys in Britain │101; title: 4.4.2e │ Surveys in Greece │102; title: 4.4.3 │ Theories of Sexuality │106; title: 4.4.3a │ Socialization Learning Theory │106; title: 4.4.3b │ Script Theory │107; title: 4.4.4 │ Feminism and Sexuality │107; title: 4.4.4a │ Stevi Jackson: The social Construction of Female Sexuality │109; title: 4.4.4b │ Rubin Gayle: The Sex- gendered System │111; title: 4.4.4c │ Ann Ferguson: Sex/affective Systems │111; title: 4.4.4d │ Catharine A. Mackinnon: Sexuality and Feminism Labour and Marxism │113; title: 4.4.4e v │ Sex as a Pleasure │114; title: Section Discussion │115; title: Chapter 5 │ Labour Force and Gender Inequalities │116; title: Introduction │116; title: 5.1 │ Theories and Explanations │117; title: 5.1.1 │ Structural and Functional Analysis │117; title: 5.1.1a │ Human Capital Theories and Labour Market Segmentation Theories │118; title: 5.1.1b │ Labour Supply Arguments │119; title: 5.1.1c │ Labour Demand Theories │120; title: 5.1.1d │ Labour Market Segmentation Theories │122; title: 5.1.1e │ Post-Fordist Theories │123; title: 5.1.2 │ Marxist Explanations │123; title: 5.1.3 │ Feminist Exaplanations │125; title: 5.1.3a │ Women as a Class │126; title: 5.1.3b │ Dual-Systems Theories │127; title: 5.1.3c │ Walby and Employment │130; title: Summary │133; title: Chapter 6 │ Methodology │135; title: Introduction │135; title: 6.1 │ Research Design │135; title: 6.1.1 │ Sampling │138; title: 6.1.1a │ Target Population │138; title: 6.1.1b │ Sampling Techniques │140; title: 6.1.1c │ Demographic Characteristics of the Participants │142; title: 6.2 │ Pilot Study │144; title: 6.2.1 │ Where did the Interviews and Group Discussion Take Place? │144; title: 6.2.2 │ Procedure │145; title: 6.2.3 │ Length of Interviews │146; title: 6.2.4 │ Repeated Interviews │147; title: 6.2.5 │ Rate of Participation │149; title: 6.2.6 │ Clarification of the Meanings and “proper” Language│149; title: 6.2.7 │ Focus Groups │150; title: 6.3 │ Data Collection │151; title: 6.3.1 │ Issues Related to the Sensitivity of the Subject and Ethical Considerations │151; title: 6.3.2 │ Generalisability of the Findings │152; title: 6.3.3 │ Ethical Considerations │153; title: 6.3.4 │ The Problem with Feminism │153; title: 6.4 │ Doing Interviews │154; title: 6.4.1 │ Interaction │155; title: 6.4.2 │ Politeness │156; title: 6.4.3 │ Emotional Distress │157; title: 6.4.4 │ Gender Consideration in Doing Interviews │158; title: 6.5 │ Fieldwork in Kastro │160; title: 6.5.1 │ Personal Contact versus the Snowballing Technique │161; title: 6.5.2 │ An Interview for Research or for TV? │162; title: 6.5.3 │ Inconsistency between Observed and Recorded Data │163; title: 6.5.4 │ The Partners of Male Participant │165; title: 6.5.5 │ Layperson’s Advice │165; title: 6.6 │ Transcription and Translation │166; title: 6.7 │ Analysis of Data │167; title: Conclusion │169; title: DATA CHAPTERS │172; title: Chapter 7 │ Marriage, Family and Household Responsibilities │ 173; title: 7.1 │ Women’s Beliefs, Attitudes and Behaviours towards Marriage │173; title: 7.2 │ Men’s Beliefs, Attitudes and Behaviours towards Marriage │177; title: 7.2.1 │ Responsibilities to Unmarried Sisters │177; title: 7.2.2 │ Fears about Evil Women │178; title: 7.3 │ Ideal Wives and Actual Women’s Roles within Marriage in Kastro │181; title: 7.4 │ The Ideal Husband │188; title: 7.5 │ Women’s Roles in Athens │191; title: 7.6 │ Women as Mothers of their Husbands │195; title: 7. │ Discussion │196; title: Chapter 8 │ Mothers in the Labour Market │198; title: Introduction │198; title: 8.1 │ Employed Women in Athens │203; title: Discussion │208; title: Chapter 9 │ Sexual Behaviour in Romantic Relationships and within Marriage │210; title: Introduction │210; title: 9.1 │ Sex for the First Time │211; title: 9.2 │ Ideal Men and Women in Romantic Relationships │ 215; title: 9.3 │ Sex: Not Always the Expression of Romantic Feelings │ 218; title: 9.4 Premarital Relationships and Double Standards │ 219; title: 9.4.1 │ Kastro │ 219; title: 9.4.2 │ Athens │ 221; title: 9.5 │ Sex within Marriage │ 224; title: 9.6 │ Extramarital Affairs │ 230; title: 9.7 │ Kastro │ 231; title: Discussion │237; title: Chapter 10 │ Discussion and Concluding Remarks │ 238; title: Overview │238; title: 10.1 │ Methodological Considerations │239; title: 10.2 │ Family, Employment and Sexuality: Which Comes First? │240; title: 10.3 │ Marriage in Kastro: Roles as Determinants of Power? │245; title: 10.4 │ Athens: Dynamics of Power in Employment and Sexuality within the Content of Marriage │249