Petrov  K.A.

TRADITIONAL PRACTICES OF PSYCHOLOGICAL GENDER VIOLENCE IN POST-COLONIAL SUB-SAHARAN SOCIETIES

Authors

Petrov K.A.

Keywords:

gender, gender violence, post-colonialism, sub-Saharan Africa, traditional practices.

Abstract

The article is an analysis of the problem of psychological violence in the societies of post-colonial Tropical Africa against women and men in the context of various institutionalized forms. Based on the study of expert materials on the issue of gender discrimination and literary works of African authors, such forms of violence as premarital practices of paying a ransom or dowry, marriage practices (early or arranged marriages), postmarital customs – levirate, sororate and widowhood rites are singled out. The author reveals the correlation between premarital and postmarital practices, and also explains the functional reasons for their persistence. The example of forms of psychological violence demonstrates how they affect the self-perception of women and men in post-colonial sub-Saharan societies.

TRADITIONAL PRACTICES OF PSYCHOLOGICAL GENDER VIOLENCE IN POST-COLONIAL SUB-SAHARAN SOCIETIES