menfolk Betydning & definition

Eksempler på menfolk

• I did not without reason regard the grave gifts of men as products of exchange contacts and those of women as gifts from menfolk.

• On the other hand, the status of these women was enhanced by the absence of their menfolk.

• Women entered war service for various reasons, including those traditionally proffered - patriotism, devotion to menfolk.

• They made their own representation to minor government o-cials when necessary, and regularly represented the family in the absence of their menfolk.

• Women could attain greater control over their own lives and power in their households and communities if their menfolk were absent.

• Cake, but no singing, in the menfolk's absence (and presumed or feigned ignorance) was a reasoned and negotiated compromise.

• Vickery touches upon this status ambivalence for the menfolk of these women, but perhaps insufficiently to anchor her revision of female inclusion in a wholly coherent cultural landscape.

• Those who had menfolk ' in business ', or who had social or political aspirations themselves (or whose families did), worked to achieve the right blend of society and politics.