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Generation and gender: normative and covert hierarchies.

¹Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York NY 10010.

|March 1, 1988

Summary

Gender is a fundamental organizing principle in family systems, as vital as generation in family therapy. This essay explores how gender was historically marginalized in the field and advocates for its central role in clinical practice.

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Area of Science:

Family Therapy
Clinical Psychology
Sociology of the Family

Background:

The concept of "generation" is a cornerstone of family therapy.
Gender has historically been treated as a secondary variable, not a primary organizing principle.
The erasure of gender as a core concept has impacted family systems theorizing.

Purpose of the Study:

To argue for gender as an irreducible category in family therapy.
To analyze the historical and political factors that led to gender's marginalization.
To discuss the theoretical and clinical implications of recentering gender in family systems.

Main Methods:

Historical analysis of family therapy paradigms.
Critical examination of the politics within family therapy.
Theoretical explication of gender's role in family systems.

Main Results:

Gender is identified as a fundamental, organizing principle of family systems, akin to generation.
The history of family therapy reveals a process of erasing gender as a universal principle.
Generation became the dominant, yet incomplete, organizing principle.

Conclusions:

Gender must be recognized as a co-equal concept with generation in family therapy.
Recentering gender offers significant theoretical and clinical advancements for understanding family dynamics.
Integrating gender is crucial for a comprehensive approach to family systems observation and intervention.

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