ABSTRACT

This paper discusses the marriage bar in Southern Rhodesia’s labour market. It extends the analysis of the marriage bar: over and above restrictions to enter the labour market, white women in colonial Zimbabwe, over time, also faced restrictions in terms of their conditions of service once they had entered the market. Married women, for example, were not permitted into permanent employment and, therefore, did not enjoy the benefits associated with fixed establishment. Married white women also had limited opportunities for promotion. Various justifications were proffered to maintain this status quo. However, by and large, hegemonic patriarchies played an important role in entrenching the domestic ideology that fuelled the marriage bar in its various forms. As the paper demonstrates, the marriage bar did not go unchallenged and, in 1971, married women’s restrictions regarding permanent employment were lifted. Of course, these legalistic undertakings were not always immediately reflected in practice, as perceptions about married white women as primarily mothers and wives lingered on.

摘要

本文讨论了南罗得西亚劳动力市场中的婚姻障碍。它扩展了对婚姻禁令的分析：除了进入劳动力市场的限制之外，殖民时期的津巴布韦白人妇女一旦进入市场，随着时间的推移，她们的服务条件也面临限制。例如，已婚妇女不被允许从事长期工作，因此不能享受与固定机构相关的福利。已婚白人女性晋升的机会也有限。人们提出了各种理由来维持这种现状。然而，总的来说，霸权的父权制在巩固国内意识形态方面发挥了重要作用，这种意识形态推动了各种形式的婚姻酒吧。正如论文所表明的那样，婚姻酒吧并非没有受到挑战，并且在 1971 年，已婚妇女对长期就业的限制被取消。当然，这些律法主义的承诺并不总是立即反映在实践中，因为关于已婚白人妇女主要是母亲和妻子的看法仍然存在。