Abstract

GRAJALES USUGA, Martha Elena. Patriarchy and Love. Anna G. Jónasdóttirʼs Political Theory. Estud. Polit. [online]. 2022, n.64, pp.121-146.  Epub Mar 02, 2023. ISSN 0121-5167.  https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.espo.n64a06.

Icelandic political scientist Anna Jónasdóttir’s thesis on patriarchy is that it is currently based on the exploitation of women’s love by their sentimental partners. This paper aims to evaluate this influential feminist theory and its scope to explain the persistence of patriarchy in Latin America. The analysis consists of three parts: part one presents the author’s central theses on patriarchy and its connection with love; the second part points out the limitations of the proposal for understanding patriarchy in Latin America, where women are marginalized because of love, but also because of social inequality, violence, and colonial practices in the region; the third part underlines the contributions of Jónasdóttir’s analysis to clarify widespread evils among Latin American women, such as intimate partner violence and misogyny in general. The conclusion is that, despite the theoretical and methodological limitations, Jónasdóttir’s theory helps clarify some oppression phenomena suffered by women in our region.

Keywords : Political Theory; Feminism; Patriarchy, Exploitation; Love; Latin America.

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