MICHAEL KIMMEL’S “THE GENDERED SOCIETY”: CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS FOR THE DEGENDERING PROCESS

A lack of unanimity appears to be a constant element of today’s scientific reality among the theorists of sociological concepts. Therefore, the polyphony of scientific positions in the discourse of gender sociology should not be surprising. The concept of socio-cultural gender is ambiguous and unclear. In newer elaborations it gains other meanings, and consequently, its consistent codification and definition is no longer possible. Today’s reflections on socio-logical theorists, focusing their analyses on the socio-cultural gender issue, have also been the subject of numerous disputes and controversies. Like many scientific concepts, the term “socio-cultural gender” has also undergone colloquialisation; as a result, it has become dis- torted semantically and used incorrectly. This concept has also gained a political dimensionand has been decontextualized for ideological reasons, appearing as an argument or counter-argument in attempts to legitimize certain views.