A Study Of Bourdieu’s Gender Thought

Bourdieu is a famous sociologist in the present age, but the study ofBourdieu’s gender thought is very rare at present domestic.Bourdieu to sociallong-standing tendency that binary opposition theory of criticism andtranscendence, his reflection on sociological theory, his theory of the symbolviolence, and so on, providing much enlightenment for feminist theorydevelopment, but few people focus on the study of Bourdieu’s gender thought indomestic. This article selects Bourdieu’s gender thought as the main content. Atthe same time, making a induction and summary from Bourdieu’s gender thought,focusing on what caused the domination between woman and man, what made thisrule sustain for a long time, and the men how to hide the social differences andinequality under the pretext of the natural differences between men and women.First, Bourdieu’s ideological that nature of man dominance. The biologicaldifferences between men and women have been made the reason of maledominance by social structure. Women’s constitution, labor division of genderrole,and sex, is the main reason of women in a passive position. Then we discussthat man is leading role in existing field. Such as economy, politics, and culture,has a specific performance. Second, to discuss the construction of Bourdieu’sthought that man dominance. Men use the aid of symbolic violence, throughextremely covert way to realize the rule of women. By the way, symbolic violencethrough religion, voice and school education, become legal. In the process oflegalization, people have been ruled over in active acceptance and internalization,and guide their actions. Male dominance has a tendency to fovever in this case,even if the position of women have a certain change, but entrenched ideas thatman dominance cannot be overturned.Finally, discusses the meaning and shortcomings of Bourdieu’s gender thought. Bourdieu reinterpreted the love; Thegay movement also got a guiding role; Reflecting on the feminist movement,Bourdieu’s theory has its realistic significance. But we also know that his theoryhas some deficiencies,and led some debate, so we must absorb dialectically andstudy that Bourdieu’s gender thought.