Female Disempowerment Some Expressions In Amharic

By examining various language expressions about women one can see to some extentrnhow women are perceived in a certain culture. This thesis is conducted in order tornexamine Amharic proverbs and literal expressions that refer to females. Although therernare expressions that empower women, they are not the concern of this study. The datarnare collected through participant observation and introspection since the researcher is arnnative speaker of the language. Besides, different books have also been consulted asrnsecondary sources of data. Since the Amhara society is patriarchal the expressions arernanalyzed based on the “dominance” theory which assumes that social norms arernestablished dominantly by men and because of this the social and political systems seernand treat women as not equal to men. The expressions which are analyzed under variousrnthemes illustrate that women are inferior, talkative, ill-natured, dependent, etc. In somerncontexts, women themselves accept the superiority of men. They are marginalized andrnsystematically forced to be powerless. As a result, they have little political, social,rneconomic, etc. participation in the society.rnKey words: gender, sex, dominance, gender-ideology, patriarchy, disempowerment,rnsocialization, gender-segregation

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