separate sphere

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Some of these egalitarians might be drawn to the view that there are separate spheres of egalitarian justice.
Social conventions, lack of political power, and the dominant ideology of ' separate spheres ' limited their opportunities.
Men and women were equal, but in separate spheres.
If cosmetics cause the decline of separate spheres, then, miraculously, cosmetics will also recreate these spheres.
The ideology of separate spheres breaks down when the home can no longer symbolize a refuge from the public world.
Indeed, the role of women is a focus in this book, and the author challenges the received wisdom of 'separate spheres'.
In 1914-15 war reestablished the notion of separate spheres for the two sexes.
Like men and women, professional and amateur music-making did not flourish in totally separate spheres.
Some historians, especially literary historians, have mistakenly lumped this theory in with the "separate spheres" ideology that emerges in the early nineteenth century.
For some women, separate spheres were firmly enforced in that most ' ' public ' ' of places, the field hospital.
Once the separate spheres had been scrutinized, our perception of the relationship between rituals, economy and culture remained a key objective of research.
In other words, an analysis of informal institutions shows the artificiality of separating economy and culture into two distinct and separate spheres.
It would seem as if art and politics are separate spheres working according to different principles.
An underlying coalition around the existence of separate spheres for men and women was, however, not in dispute.
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