TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1978//
TI  - Down to gentility: Women in Tanzania
JO  - Sex roles
A1  - Brain, James
SP  - 695
EP  - 715
VL  - 4
IS  - 5
N2  - It is hypothesized that in traditional African (and more specifically Tanzanian) society the roles of men and women were different but less unequal than the norm adopted by the colonial authorities and their heirs, the rulers of independent Tanzania. Women had an extremely important economic role as the food producers and in some cases held high political office. European administrators, educators, and missionaries introduced the Victorian English ideal of "gentility" for women at the same time that the introduction of cash crops greatly increased the demands on African women's labor. Thus, the differences between the sexes were exacerbated. It is also suggested that at the village level perceptions about correct sex roles have not changed greatly, and there is a willingness to accept women in authority; whereas the gentility model is important at the level of the ruling elite.<p /> 
LA  - en
SN  - 0360-0025
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00287333
ID  - ref1
ER  -