论近代欧洲社会转型时期城市空间与性别权力

On the Urban Geography and Gender Authority in Society Translation of Modern Europe

欧洲在从中世纪向近代社会转型的过程中,城市得到了迅速发展。早期城市政府家长式的统治致使女性在城市中处于不利地位。人们不仅在观念上认为男女两性应分属于不同的空间,而且通过多种形式来强化这一观念。欧洲城市空间的这种性别化特征无论从地理概念上还是从其代表的社会权力而言,都具有文化建构的含义,它加深了两性关系的不平等。这表明,在迈向近代化的进程中,真正实现两性关系的平等和妇女的解放需要一个长期的过程。

The city in Europe had developed greatly in course of the social translation from the Middle Age to the modem age. The patriarchal rule of the government in early stage made women disadvantageous in city. People not only believed that there were different rooms between men and women, but also reinforced this idea in many ways. This gendered character of the urban geography in Europe had the implication of culture con- struction not only in geography but also in its social authority, which deepened the gender inequity. It showed that there was a long- range course to achieve the gender equity and liberation of women towards the modem age.