This Element examines gender in Southeast Asia by focusing on two
main themes. The first concerns hegemonic cultural constructions of
gender and Southeast Asian subjects' responses to these dominant
discourses. Roces introduces hegemonic discourses on ideal
masculinities and ideal femininities, evaluates the impact of
religion, analyses how authoritarian regimes fashion these ideals.
Discussion then turns to the hegemonic ideals surrounding desire
and sexualities and the way these are policed by society and the
state. The second theme concerns the ways hegemonic ideals
influence the gendering of power and politics. Roces argues that
because many Southeast Asians see power as being held by kinship
alliance groups, women are able to access political power through
their ties with men-as wives, mothers, daughters, sisters and even
mistresses. However, women's movements have challenged this
androcentric division of power.
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