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Gender & Society, Vol. 3, No. 2,
187-216 (1989)
DOI: 10.1177/089124389003002003
HIDDEN POWER IN MARRIAGE
AAFKE KOMTER
Leiden University
Without patriarchal laws and legally permitted gender discrimination, it becomes clearer that a powerful draw back to gender equality springs from norms about gender identity, concepts of masculinity and femininity, and tacit rules of interaction between women and men. This article offers a theoretical perspective to analyze hidden power in gender relationships. The conceptualization is based on research into marital power carried out in the Netherlands. The focus of this research was not on the way the "power cake" is divided up between spouses but rather on the operation of power processes and mechanisms that can explain why change toward gender equality in marriage is so slow.
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