SOCI 255 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Heterosexuality, Social Reproduction, Heteronormativity
Document Summary
The discourse of leftover women (not true because there are not enough women in china) is used because the government thinks that men need to get married to settle down. They are worried with falling population rates, the economy will not keep going in the way that it has. Gendered notion of what makes men settle down is what drives the state. Unmarried political men are seen as threatening which may or may not be seen as true. Marriage regulation is a site within the state where they control and promote certain gender regulations. To govern the balance of power between men and women. Not trying to promote the equality between men and women. Marriage promotion: the united states (with reference to heath"s article) State funded programs to figure out how to get married and rescue failing marriages. Govern the balance of power between men and women. Not just men and women but different kinds of men and women.
