"The shame of men is at their backs ..." The gender implications of discrepency between proverbial wisdom and the law

A culture's proverbs point to the matrix of beliefs and values in which its people's lives are embedded. Interventions to empower women can backfire when this matrix is not sufficiently factored in. The wisdom and legal traditions of the Ancient Near East were aligned in the boundaries the...

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Authors: Rogers, Jessie (Author) ; Samuel, Kareithi (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2006
In: Journal for semitics
Year: 2006, Volume: 15, Issue: 2, Pages: 385-405
Further subjects:B Cultural proverbs
B Beliefs
B Values
B Gender
B Woman
B Empowerment
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