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Navigating Gender: Understanding Identity, Culture and Dynamics of the Mao Society

Author(s) Dr. N Rosa Kashena
Country India
Abstract This paper explores the intricate relationship between gender, identity, and cultural dynamics within the Mao Naga society of Manipur. Rooted in a traditional patriarchal framework, Mao society structures gender roles and relations through customary law, social institutions, and ritual practices that reinforce binary understandings of masculinity and femininity. Drawing insights from feminist and gender theorists such as Judith Butler and Simone de Beauvoir, the study analyses how gender identities are culturally constructed, maintained, and negotiated within a socio-ethical order shaped by religion, economy, and polity. It examines the influences of factors such as the Morung system, property inheritance laws, and festivals in shaping gender dynamics and sustaining social hierarchies. The paper also assesses the transformative forces of Christianity, education, and modernity, which have redefined gender relations while simultaneously preserving patriarchal residues. Finally, it highlights emerging challenges to the binary gender norms, driven by global discourses on gender diversity and local efforts toward inclusivity. Through this multidimensional analysis, the study underscores the Mao community’s ongoing negotiation between tradition and change in its understanding of gender and identity.
Keywords Gender Dynamics, Patriarchy, Customary law, Identity, Socialization, Tradition and Change
Field Sociology > Archaeology / History
Published In Volume 6, Issue 6, November-December 2025
Published On 2025-12-29
DOI https://doi.org/10.63363/aijfr.2025.v06i06.2777
Short DOI https://doi.org/hbhk3w
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