Regional differences in masculinity in Uzbekistan: Kimberlé Crenshaw’s intersectional approach

This article offers an intersectional interpretation of regional differences in gender norms and practices in Uzbekistan, drawing on Kimberle Crenshaw’s approach. The empirical basis consists of official statistical materials, including regional indicators of marriage and divorce, age profiles of marriage and divorce, as well as the regional structure of women’s entrepreneurship and migration mobility. The findings demonstrate that regions function as an independent axis of social differentiation intersecting with gender, age, settlement type, and economic position. These intersections shape distinct regimes of expectations toward men as husbands, fathers, breadwinners, and family leaders and, consequently, different trajectories of transformation in family practices. The practical conclusion is that gender-equality and family well-being policies benefit from region-sensitive solutions. While the overarching framework may be uniform, policy instruments should account for local opportunity structures.

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