Sociology and Space, No. 63-64, 1979.
Review article
The Social Position of the Farm Woman
Borislav J. Dimković
Abstract
Over 90% of all the economically
active women living in the village
are active agricultural workers that
work on privately owned farms.
During the better part of the
working day the woman does her
work in the field of consumption
and in the field of production.
That is physically exhausting, and
is reflected on her role as mother.
Undeveloped tertiary activities in
rural areas, and the non-existence
of work organizations designed to
help the household and the working
farm woman, make it more
difficult for her to carry out her
household tasks and responsibilities.
Direct social action in intimate and
family matters would not be
realistic and would not contribute
to a fundamental improvement in
the farm woman's position as a
wife. However, organized action to
eliminate dated customs and raise
the consciousness of the village
population concerning the equality
of women would speed up the
process of transformation of
martial and family relations.
Special progress would be achieved
by raising the general level of
eduction of the village woman. The
mass media and processes of
socialist transformation and
deagrarization of the village also
have a meaning in the struggle to
realize equality between the man
and the woman in the village.
The farm woman is the most
numerous part of the village
population, and it would be
impossible to carry out the socialist
transformation of the village
without her. However, she is not
prepared for that social role.
Society must bear in mind that as
the village becomes less agrarian, the farm woman will increasingly
become an actor in agricultural
production on the privately owned
farm. It is thus necessary to
undertake all the measures
necessary to prepare her for
modern, mechanized, intense food
production.
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Hrčak ID:
119339
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Publication date:
4.6.1979.
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