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Habitus And Gender Equality |
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The different forms of cultural capital, rooted in the possession of economic capital, inter-relate to reproduce social hierarchies and conceal their arbitrary nature. A person’s level of education, the cultural capital that they possess, combined with the value of the networks on which it is possible for them to draw and the amount of economic capital at their disposal, gives a person certain advantages or disadvantages that structure their possible occupation and income. Combined, the forms of capital produce a persons ‘habitus’, or pre-disposition, a set of prescribed, embodied inclinations. In this way inequality appears to be naturalised; social inequalities are enacted through the gentle repetition of practice shaping consciousness in a way similar to Lukes third dimension of power. |
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Sociological Theory Of Feminism |
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In the sociological theories developed in the nineteenth century men’s masculinity strategies are seen as those of investment, as the game of honour does have economic and political effects. Excluded from the ‘games’ of the men, women are in a critical position; they both recognise the ‘silliness’ of the games and provide the ‘flattering mirror’ to them. |
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