The Church's Influential Policies

Paper Summary:

The paper delves into the two distinct branches of feminism, socialist and liberal, that developed in Argentina, Chile and Uruguay. The paper discusses how women were employed in domestic roles and as industry workers. The paper examines how the Civil Codes maintained the authority of men over women even as women became wage earners and educated. The paper discusses the issues of women voting, divorce and education. The paper concludes that the Catholic Church has exerted great influence over the educational and divorce laws, regulations and social mores in the countries of Chile and Argentina and that this influence has been one of an ongoing nature since the decade of the 1950s, even until the present day.

Outline:
Objective
Introduction
Lavrin
Two Distinct Branches of Feminism - Socialist and Liberal
Women Employed in Domestic Roles and Industry Workers
Double-standards
Women Gain the Vote - 1947
Influence of Catholic Church - Divorce
Chile - Catholic Church and Educational Influence
Convention Article 10 - Education
Divorce - Chile
The Vatican and the Gender Wars
Summary and Conclusion

From the Paper:

"Fifty-one percent of the population of Chile is comprised of women yet women only account for thirty-seven percent of the total labor force of the country. Female workers presently earn on 65% of their male counterparts for performing the same jobs however "women and men are equal under Chilean law and the state is obliged to provide both sexes equal employment opportunities. Women possess a great deal of influence and are very active in almost all fields of Chilean society." (Ibid) Even so men have a status that is higher than that of women in the country."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Lavrin, Ascuncion (1995) Women, Feminism, and Social Change in Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay, 1890-1940. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. Library of Congress Call Number: HQ1532 .L38 1995 Online available at: http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=15598846623666.
• Barrancos, Dora "Problematic Modernity: Gender, Sexuality, and Reproduction in Twentieth-Century Argentina" Journal of Women's History - Volume 18, Number 2, Summer 2006, pp. 123-150 Online available at: http://muse.jhu.edu/cgi-bin/access.cgi?uri=/journals/journal_of_womens_history/v018/18.2barrancos.html.
• Chile (2006) Online available at: http://www.everyculture.com/Bo-Co/Chile.html. Chile (1995) International Women's Rights Watch Online available at: http://iwraw.igc.org/publications/countries/chile.htm.
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• Franco, Jean (1996) The Gender Wars: Jan/Feb 19 from NACLA's "Report on the Americas". Online available at: http://inquirer.gn.apc.org/catholicgender.html.

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