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<p>This study aims to examine the current knowledge about the relationships between financialization, housing issues, patriarchal logic, and gender inequalities to identify gaps in knowledge, which, in turn, can be considered as topics of scientific interest for future research. To this end, the study provides an exhaustive review of current academic debate regarding the abovementioned topics from the perspectives of critical urban geography, urban political economy, sociology, and gender and feminist studies. This study points out that the patriarchal roots of the financialization of housing originate from the exclusion of housing from the social provision and from its conversion to a financial asset, subordinating its use value to its exchange value. This logic strengthens gender inequalities in the form of women facing a higher debt burden to pay for housing, an increase in their unpaid reproductive labor and salaried labor, and the reinforcement of the gendered division of labor.</p>
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This study aims to examine the current knowledge about the relationships between financialization, housing issues, patriarchal logic, and gender inequalities to identify gaps in knowledge, which, in turn, can be considered as topics of scientific interest for future research. To this end, the study provides an exhaustive review of current academic debate regarding the abovementioned topics from the perspectives of critical urban geography, urban political economy, sociology, and gender and feminist studies. This study points out that the patriarchal roots of the financialization of housing originate from the exclusion of housing from the social provision and from its conversion to a financial asset, subordinating its use value to its exchange value. This logic strengthens gender inequalities in the form of women facing a higher debt burden to pay for housing, an increase in their unpaid reproductive labor and salaried labor, and the reinforcement of the gendered division of labor.

Patriarchal logics and gender inequalities through the financialization of housing

Miscellanea Geographica

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This study aims to examine the current knowledge about the relationships between financialization, housing issues, patriarchal logic, and gender inequalities...

Patriarchal logics and gender inequalities through the financialization of housing

Publié en ligne: 31 juil. 2023

Pages: 93 - 101

Reçu: 13 juin 2023

Accepté: 31 juil. 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgrsd-2023-0012

Mots clés
Patriarchal logic, gender inequalities, financialization, housing, systematic review

© 2023 Paula Martín-Gago et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Patriarchal logics and gender inequalities through the financialization of housing

Publié en ligne: 31 juil. 2023

Pages: 93 - 101

Reçu: 13 juin 2023

Accepté: 31 juil. 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgrsd-2023-0012

Mots clésPatriarchal logic, gender inequalities, financialization, housing, systematic review

© 2023 Paula Martín-Gago et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
Patriarchal logic, gender inequalities, financialization, housing, systematic review