Negotiating in everyday life to transform gender relations: a theoretical proposal

Abstract

It examines the possibility of transforming gender relations by addressing the negotiation This article examines the possibility of transforming gender relations through negotiation strategies and practices that try to solve gender conflicts by means of resource mobilization. The argument is based on two key notions: Norbert Elias’ concept of power and Pierre Bourdieu’s concept of conditions of possibility. Any negotiation strategy will seek to change the balance of power, understood as a (potentially changing) relation of interdependence at a specific time and social context. Some specific conditions of possibility allow socially constructed gendered agents to raise different negotiation and change strategies in their everyday lives.