Reversed realities uncovers the deeply entrenched hence barely visible biases which underpin mainstream development theory and account for the marginal status given to womens needs in current development policy naila kabeer traces the emergence of women as a specific category in development thought and examines alternative frameworks for analyzing gender hierarchies. Reversed realities uncovers the deeply entrenched hence barely visible biases which underpin mainstream development theory and account for the marginal status given to womens needs in current. Reversed realities uncovers the deeply entrenched hence barely visible biases which underpin mainstream development theory and account for the marginal status given to womens needs in current development policy. Reversed realities uncovers the deeply entrenched hence barely visible biases which underpin mainstream development theory and account for the marginal status given to womens needs in current