01141nas a2200145   4500008004100000020001400041245003600055210003400091260002800125300001400153490000700167520071900174100002500893856007700918       2007                        eng d  a0891-243200aAgency, Resources, and Identity0 aAgency Resources and Identity  bSage Publicationsc2007  a227 - 2490 v213 a<p>Drawing on theories of structure and agency, this article assesses how women in lower-income households in Damascus use existing gender schemas to avoid unattractive employment and improve their access to income and employment. It highlights the overlapping effects of economic policy and gender dependency schemas on both the need for additional income and women's employment opportunities. While providing greater access to resources, women's accommodation to gender dependency schemas also helps to maintain domesticity and dependence on men. Agency for these women draws on and reinforces a collectively gendered sense of self that is central to the process of both obtaining resources and doing gender.</p>1 aGallagher, Sally, K.  uhttps://liberalarts.oregonstate.edu/biblio/agency-resources-and-identity