TY - CHAP
T1 - Individualism and Responsibility
T2 - Women’s Relationships Within Their Families
AU - Belliappa, Jyothsna Latha
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2013, Jyothsna Latha Belliappa.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - In Chapter 2 I discussed Giddens’ (1991, 1992) argument that the freeing of sex from reproduction results in plastic sexuality and the transformation of intimacy, contrasting it with Beck and Beck-Gernsheim’s (1995, 2001) argument that individualization, particularly that of women, threatens the institution of family. Beck and Beck-Gernsheim argue that the contradiction between the flexibility and mobility required to succeed in the job market and the stability and rootedness required to create a strong family life can threaten the family. In spite of these crucial differences, both theorists are united in the position that modernity strengthens individualization.
AB - In Chapter 2 I discussed Giddens’ (1991, 1992) argument that the freeing of sex from reproduction results in plastic sexuality and the transformation of intimacy, contrasting it with Beck and Beck-Gernsheim’s (1995, 2001) argument that individualization, particularly that of women, threatens the institution of family. Beck and Beck-Gernsheim argue that the contradiction between the flexibility and mobility required to succeed in the job market and the stability and rootedness required to create a strong family life can threaten the family. In spite of these crucial differences, both theorists are united in the position that modernity strengthens individualization.
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U2 - 10.1057/9781137319227_4
DO - 10.1057/9781137319227_4
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85146029902
T3 - Genders and Sexualities in the Social Sciences
SP - 68
EP - 91
BT - Genders and Sexualities in the Social Sciences
PB - Palgrave Macmillan Ltd.
ER -