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The Woman’s Position and Role on the Farm
Novo Vujošević
Sažetak
In this article the author discusses
the woman’s position and role on
the farm in the region of Old
Montenegro. Old Montenegro is
specific from the point of view of
ecological characteristics (small
amounts of cultivable land, varying
climatic conditions), and also in
population, which has retained
traditional elements in production
and in the sphere of social
relations.
The position and role of the woman
is regarded through the division of
labour on the farm, and trough the
system of decision-making in
production and investment.
Under the influence of modem
social processes, and especially
the process of the deagrarianization
of the village, the division of
labour on the farm has changed
fundamentally. It varies upon
different types of farms. The
greatest changes took place on
part-time farms, and the smallest
on »purely« agricultural ones. Those
changes had a direct reflection on
the woman's position and role on
the farm. Her burden of work
increased suddenly, which means
that the new division of labour
brought her new responsibilities
and obligations. This was, among
other things, caused by the fact
that the male and female
labour force did not go into
non-agricultural activities in the
same numbers.
The women's position in
decision-making on the farm has
also changed. Like in the field of
the division of labour, here also
there is a differentiation according
to different types of farms. On the
farms of peasant-workers the
woman has a greater influence in decision-making concerning
production and investment than,
for instance, on the farms of »pure«
farmers. However, it must be born
in mind that even in »pure«
farming families the power of
decision-making is not equally
distributed. Thus, for instance, the
woman's power is much smaller on
those »purely« agricultural farms
on which traditional subsistance
production has persevered, than on
those on which there are elements
of more intense market
production.
Changes that took place in the
position and role of the woman on
the farm met with very strong
opposition from all traditional and
patriarchal forcees. That makes the
position and role of the woman on
the farm contradictory, and her
present position more difficult.
However, contradiction is a moving
force of development, a force of
transformation.
Ključne riječi
Hrčak ID:
119354
URI
Datum izdavanja:
4.6.1979.
Posjeta: 836 *