GENDER IN SOCIAL SPACE

This work is an attempt to apply Florian Znanecki's concept of human ecology to an analysis of the functioning and transformation of a patriarchal society. It tackles the issue of the spatial aspects of how a patriarchy functions, whose identification - and especially their sociological description and explanation - become possible or more comprehensive using the said concept. These issues are (1) the impact of gender on the experience of the space and (2) gender communities vs. space - the socio-spatial manifestations of the social balancing of the status of men and women. The authoress' reflection is theoretical and concerns the patriarchal model of society.