Beyond bargaining

Forms and mechanisms of interpersonal power

Bibliographic Data

ID13000186
AuthorsArlette Covarrubias Feregrino (0000-0002-9854-2750, El Colegio Mexiquense, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume10
Issue1
Pages70-70
Publication date2021-02-25
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueMultidisciplinary Journal of Gender Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2014-3613 • E-ISSN: 2014-3613
PublisherHipatia Press (PUBLISHER • ES)
DOI10.17583/generos.2021.5434
OpenAlexW3135348675
LanguageEN
References cited14

To empower women, it is necessary to better understand the power dynamics they are involved in. The objective of this paper is to analyse intrapersonal power dynamics of women with their husbands in San Felipe del Progreso, a poor and marginalised indigenous community in Mexico State, Mexico. A framework is used that distinguishes between the mechanisms that are used to enforce power and their visibility, using the forms of power proposed by (Gaventa 2011). To achieve the objective, in-depth interviews and focus groups were applied to women of four towns in the area. Power relations related to four fundamental aspects of women ́s lives were assessed; women’s mobility, women’s contraceptive use, women’s sexual relations with their husbands, and household decisions on income and expenditures. Results indicate that men and women use different forms and mechanisms of power due to gendered social norms and differences in the control and access to resources

Ethnography · Indigenous · Interpersonal communication · Interpersonal relationship · Intrapersonal communication · Political science · Power (physics · Power structure · Sociology · State (computer science · Computer Science · Feminism, Gender, and Social Issues · Gender Studies · Gender, Health, and Social Inequality · Psychology · Social Issues and Sustainability · Social Psychology