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The rise of the feminist movement in the West has served to stimulate serious research on sex rôles and inequalities, and the recent growth in the number of African and female researchers has had an invigorating effect on various arguments about the status of women in Africa. So far, however, the controversy has generated more heat than light, as a result of both the relative paucity of sound research findings and the combined effects of the sex, race, and ideology of researchers.

THE POLITICAL TIMES AND THE THEORETICAL UNDERSTANDING OF VIOLENCE CALL FOR A BROADENING OF THE STRATEGIES FOR THE CONTROL AND PREVENTION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN. WOMEN'S GROUPS PIONEERED IN DEFENDING THE RIGHTS OF VICTIMS IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM AND COMMUNITY; AND THEY ENCOURAGED SELFDEFENSE STRATEGIES AS WELL AS INCREASED CONVICTIONS OF RAPISTS.

Cet article présente un indice socio‐économique des catégories du recensement de 1971; l'indice est basé sur les caractéristiques (revenu et éducation) de tous les membres de la force de travail ‐ plutôt que sur celles des seuls hommes (l'échelle Blishen‐McRoberts) ou des seules femmes (l'échelle Blishen‐Carroll). Les propriétés de chaque indice sont éva‐luées au moyen des données du recensement de 1971 et du Sondage Canadien sur la mobilité de 1973. Les résultats indiquent qu'un indice construit à partir de toute la force de travail est l'instrument à favoriser pour de futures comparaisons entre les statuts occupationnels des hommes et des femmes.This paper develops a socioeconomic index of 1971 Census occupational titles which is based on the income and educational characteristics of all members of the labour force rather than on the characteristics only of men (the Blishen‐McRoberts scale) or only of women (the Blishen‐Carroll scale). The properties of the three indices are assessed with data from the 1971 Census and from the 1973 Canadian Mobility Survey. The results suggest that a socioeconomic index based on the entire labour force is the preferred index for future comparisons of male‐female occupational attainments.

CONTENTS -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Biological Essentialism -- 3 Androcentrism -- 4 Gender Polarization -- 5 The Construction of Gender Identity -- 6 Transforming the Debate on Sexual Inequality -- Notes -- References -- Index