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Lähiösuunnittelu sukupuolten tasa-arvon esteenä? : Yhdistys 9 ja vaatimukset asumisen uudistamisesta 1960-luvulla (2023)
Suburban planning as an obstacle to gender equality? : Association 9 and its demands to reform urban planning and housing in the 1960s


Turunen, A. (2023). Lähiösuunnittelu sukupuolten tasa-arvon esteenä? : Yhdistys 9 ja vaatimukset asumisen uudistamisesta 1960-luvulla. Historiallinen aikakauskirja, 121(4), 380-392.


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All authors or editorsTurunen, Arja

Journal or seriesHistoriallinen aikakauskirja

ISSN0018-2362

eISSN2489-6969

Publication year2023

Volume121

Issue number4

Pages range380-392

PublisherSuomen historiallinen seura; Historian ystäväin liitto

Publication countryFinland

Publication languageFinnish

Publication open accessNot open

Publication channel open accessDelayed open access channel

Additional informationArtikkeli avautuu journal.fi-palvelussa 12 kk ilmestymisen jälkeen.


Abstract

ln this article, I discuss how the Finnish sex role association Yhdistys 9 (Association 9) participated in the critical discussion concerning the urban planning and architecture of modern suburbs in the mid-1960s. Young architects criticized suburbs for being located too far away from the city center as well as being boring and depressive places to live. Association 9 pointed out that suburbs also represented traditional sex role ideology in which the husband was the breadwinner, and the wife dedicated her life to mothering and housekeeping. Association 9 demanded that residential areas should be multifunctional areas that included workplaces, shops, other services, daycare for children, and recreational spaces that would also encourage social interaction between residents. By deconstructing the division between the masculine public sphere and the feminine private sphere, such multifunctional areas would also advance gender equality. Association 9 further suggested collective kitchens, restaurants, and cleaning services as a solution to combining full-time work and a balanced family life. The rationalization and collectivization of monotonous and time-consuming household chores would liberate both women and men for employment and give them more free time.


Keywordsneighbourhood unitsresidenceurban designcommunity planningpublic discussionequality (values)gender rolesfamily lifecollectivesstudent movementswomen's movementshousing policyfamily policy

Free keywords1960-luku; Yhdistys 9


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Ministry reportingYes

VIRTA submission year2023

JUFO rating2


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