IPP Media
Gerald Kitabu
http://www.ippmedia.com/frontend/index.php?l=36847This week Gerald Kitabu interviewed academician and gender activist Rose George Mbezi on how gender division of labour obscures the importance of women work. Excerpts:
QUESTION: I understand that you have conducted research on gender division of labour, what is it?
ANSWER. Gender is a social category referring to the social expectations that are developed and placed upon individuals on the basis of their biological sex. Different roles exist for males and females, through which they are expected to become and act 'masculine' and 'feminine'. Gender division of labour, therefore, is the social construction of roles between men and women.
The roles are then learned, we are not born with them. Gender roles define appropriate manners of interacting, dressing as well as providing limitations on goals and aspirations.
