gender norms

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Such an insight certainly applies to colonial situations, which included gender norms imposed from outside as well as various and competing indigenous values and practices.
I have in mind religious cultures, class divisions, status norms, and gender norms.
An adequate historical discussion of gender norms, identities, and boundaries requires more than just consideration of how women were treated or portrayed.
It is difficult, however, to judge the wider significance of this public discussion and questioning of gender norms.
To a large extent, rap and ragga competitions reflect and reinforce gender norms that restrict females' public activities and avenues for self-expression.
In many cases, such efforts violated entrenched gender norms, yet did not result in women's emancipation in the post-independence period.
Women improvisers may traditionally have a different sense of autonomy, in adherence to gender norms.
While music education might offer a means to change behaviour patterns, it appears that these gender norms are internalised at a surprisingly young age.
Though rap and ragga competitions are sites for the contestation and negotiation of gender norms, it is important to maintain critical balance in analysing this point.
Women now enjoyed greater employment opportunities and changing gender norms that encouraged increased labor involvement.
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