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Chodorow's Theory Under Freud’s framework of psycho-sexual development, Chodorow argues that children develop gender roles through their relationship with their mother. Following birth, both boys and girls are closely linked with their mother, however, as they grow older boys distance themselves but girls continue to follow in their mother’s footsteps. Although psychoanalytic feminism has not been popular due to its connotation of female inferiority, Nancy Chodorow has become one of the most influential theorists in this branch of feminism. She argues that gender is understood as a product of sexual division of labor and the role that has the greatest effect is the mother’s role of caregiver and child- barer. She also argues that exclusive female parenting results in gender inequality and female repression. From Chodorow’s theory, Gray perceives that women are primarily seen as mothers and this ultimately affects their use of technologies (VCR). As well Gray determines that women see the VCR as a technology that it is often interrupted by required duties within the home. |
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