The study of Moroccan proverbs as a reflex of cultural polarity

Abstract

 In this article we are going to analyze how proverbs, Moroccans in this case, help to give stability to the cultural parameters. More concretely, we will refer to a series of relevant dualities in the Moroccan traditional society like: the public and the private space and the masculine and the feminine roles. As a conclusion we have observed how proverbs work as a maintainer of traditional values in the Moroccan traditional society in which a more radical separation between the public and the private sphere and the masculine and feminine space exists. Those proverbs show a strong link between the public sphere, and the masculine gender on the one hand, and the private space and the feminine gender on the other hand.