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- Alvinius, Aida, 1979-, et al.
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Managing visibility and differentiating in recruitment of women as leaders in the armed forces
- 2018
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In: Journal of Gender Studies. - : Taylor & Francis Group. - 0958-9236 .- 1465-3869. ; 27:5, s. 534-546
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Recruitment is one of the Swedish Armed Forces' (SAF) main challenges today. Recruiting more women into the organization is one of the organization's aims, as well as providing them with more opportunities for career development. The purpose of this article is to gain a deeper understanding of how female military officers perceive barriers and advantages on their way to higher leadership positions. A total of 10 women from a variety of backgrounds and positions in the armed forces were interviewed. Their ranks ranged from Captain to Colonel and they represented army, naval units and air force. The interviews were analysed using a Grounded Theory approach. The qualitative analysis resulted in two main themes: Supporting visibility of women as leaders and differentiation of women as leaders. The former concerns positive strategies on an individual and organizational level that support an increase in the number of female leaders in the SAF, and is a way of responding to political incitements and the SAF's fundamental values. The second concerns ways how women are portrayed as different and divergent from the male standard. The suggested model may be valuable in recruitment, educational settings and leader development of high-level military officers from a gender perspective.
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- Azadi, Bahar, et al.
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Trans subjectivities in Iran : epistemic misrecognition
- 2023
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In: Journal of Gender Studies. - : Routledge. - 0958-9236 .- 1465-3869. ; 32:7, s. 671-682
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Gender Affirmation Surgery (GAS), or Amali Tasdigi Jinsiyat in Persian, was permitted by Ayatollah Khomeini's fatwa in 1982. Although GAS is allowed under Islamic law, trans subjectivities in Iran are misrecognized. Here we investigate the construction of trans subjectivities in Iranian society through an intersectional analysis of different power relations. We analyse discourses and practices of gender at structural, institutional and individual levels. We build on the concept of 'epistemic misrecognition' to explain how Iranian trans people's status is misrecognized both inside and outside Iran, which has made Iranian trans people and their experience invisible in society. Furthermore, we employ the notion of 'subjectivation' to describe the multiplicities of trans subjectivation in Iranian society. We apply Critical Discourse Analysis to analyse forty-six semi-structured face-to-face interviews conducted during 2015-2018.
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- Bjarnegård, Elin, 1976-, et al.
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Disentangling gender, peace and democratization : the negative effects of militarized masculinity
- 2011
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In: Journal of Gender Studies. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0958-9236 .- 1465-3869. ; 20:2, s. 139-154
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This article investigates, both theoretically and empirically, the relationships between democratization, gender equality and peace. We argue that there is a need to scrutinize both the level of democracy as well as the level of masculine hegemony in societies. Methodologically, we use a combination of quantitative and qualitative analyses to support our argument. We employ regression analysis to show that the relationship between the extent of democracy and the representation of women in politics appears, at first glance, to be non-existent but turns out to be a curvi-linear one. We also show that democracy can facilitate peace, but only in interaction with the level of political gender equality, so that more democratic societies are more peaceful only if there have been moves to gender equality. Our interpretation of these findings is illustrated by the contemporary politics of Thailand. Recent political violence in southern Thailand can be accounted for in the context of it being only partly democratized, where a culture of militarized masculinity persists alongside with, and even within, democratic institutions. Such a culture makes it both difficult for women to enter the political sphere, despite democratic elections, and fosters political violence.
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- Bjørnholt, Margunn, 1958-
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How men became the local agentsof change towards gender equality
- 2008
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In: Journal of Gender Studies. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0958-9236 .- 1465-3869. ; 20:3, s. 1-18
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The Work-Sharing Couples Study was an action research project conducted in the early 1970s to reconcile work, family and gender equality in families. Its design involved both spouses working part-time and sharing childcare and housework. This article is based on a follow-up study of the original couples 30 years later. The men played a key role in initiating work-sharing in their families and how the men becameagents of change is the topic of the article. Biographical influences from their families of origin and domestic skills, facilitated by the contemporary concept of a modern, profeminist masculinity, were important background factors, and promoting the careers of wives emerged as an important motivational factor. Their authoritative agency in promoting more egalitarian patterns of work and care in their own families also invokes the question of a constructive use of male power. This could give rise to a further discussion of power and masculinity and men as agents of change towards gender equality.
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- Bogren, Alexandra, 1976-
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Gender and Alcohol : The Swedish Press Debate
- 2011
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In: Journal of Gender Studies. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0958-9236 .- 1465-3869. ; 20:2, s. 155-169
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The dominant approach to gender in alcohol research still conceives of gender in terms of binary roles and looks for explanations for gender differences in drinking. This paper challenges the binary approach, and instead analyzes the categorization of gender as created in Swedish newspaper stories about alcohol, published between 2000 and 2008. Specific categories examined include “responsible mothers”, “responsible parents”, “party girls”, “career women with drinking problems”, “violent men who drink” and “beer-drinking, sexist male athletes”. Based on this examination, the paper discusses how the media stories do and/or undo gender and how they encourage readers to act by the categories of drinkers that they describe. The study shows that the Swedish media stories produce multiple ways of interpreting drinking. Some of the stories undo gender through linking “male” behaviour (drinking heavily) to female bodies, while others undo gender by treating parenthood as more important than gender. Importantly, however, other stories reproduce the discourse of heteronormativity and gender binarism. The study suggests that analyses of media texts need to take the complexity of ‘undoing gender’ into account, for example by avoiding the assumption that gender is either undone or reproduced.
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- Botto, Matteo, et al.
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Swallowing and spitting out the Red Pill : Young men, vulnerability, and radicalisation pathways in the manosphere
- 2024
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In: Journal of Gender Studies. - 0958-9236 .- 1465-3869. ; 33:5, s. 596-608
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- During the last decades, new forms of men’s rights activism have emerged, commonly referred to as the ‘manosphere’. This loosely connected, misogynistic online movement particularly attracts young men. Its shared ideology is the Red Pill, a neoconservative ideology that adopts essentialist notions of gender and sexuality, and selectively employs evolutionary psychology to support male supremacy. While the discourses of the manosphere have been mapped, little research exists on how and why young men join and leave such misogynist groups. This article contributes to critical youth and feminist scholarship by analysing the gendered dynamics of online misogynist radicalisation pathways. Based on narratives shared on a Reddit community for former ‘redpillers’, this article explores 30 young men’s experiences of entering and exiting the manosphere and details the essential role of vulnerability in these processes. The stories are synthesised into three phases to illustrate the paths in and out of the manosphere.
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- Coe, Anna-Britt, 1967-
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Policy change as one piece of the picture : Outcomes among reproductive rights advocates in Peru
- 2012
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In: Journal of Gender Studies. - : Taylor & Francis. - 0958-9236 .- 1465-3869. ; 21:2, s. 151-167
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- In the 1990s, feminist movements in Peru began to shift strategies from a focus on community training to an emphasis on policy advocacy. Since then, they have seen many of their demands translated into public policies favoring gender equity and reproductive rights. Some scholars argue that such policy changes have a limited impact on women’s daily life in Latin America and it is necessary to conceptualize the outcomes of social movements more broadly to include their cultural and political effects as well as the links between these. Findings are presented from a study of two coalitions engaged in reproductive rights advocacy in Arequipa and Cusco, Peru. The approach for evaluating the materials included participant observation, focus group discussions and individual interviews with coalition members. The study found that coalition members perceive the effects of their advocacy on government policies in terms of five dimensions: coalition-government interactions, issue visibility and recognition, policy enactments, policy implementation and policy position. I conclude that a broader definition of social movement outcomes is needed to evaluate efficacy and models for future action and that this should take into account the complexities of social and political change particularly concerning reproductive rights and gender equity.
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- de Boise, Sam, 1985-
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Contesting ‘sex’ and ‘gender’ difference in emotions through music use in the UK
- 2016
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In: Journal of Gender Studies. - London : Routledge. - 0958-9236 .- 1465-3869. ; 25:1, s. 66-84
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This article builds on social psychological critiques of ‘hardwired’ gender difference inemotions, looking at the topic through the emotional use of music. Starting from thepremise that gender differences in emotion are socially and discursively constructedrather than innate, it moves on to challenge existing work in which masculinity andfemininity are treated as singular, oppositional concepts, that are ‘normally’ attached toideas of existing sex differences. Drawing on data, generated from a UK-based onlinesurvey of 914 respondents (male = 361; female = 553), this article highlights thatwhilst gender plays a significant part in shaping the emotional experience of music, thisis often mediated heavily by age and personal experience. It suggests that music is apractical means of moving beyond ideas of differences in gender or sex differences inemotional display, towards ideas of diversity, especially given that existing face-to-face research has often found men to be ‘unable’ to communicate emotional experiencein particular ways. Both inductive quantitative trends and open-ended fragments frompeople’s emotional experiences of music are included in order to demonstrate howemotions and gender intersect discursively.
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- Drew, Eileen
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Navigating unChartered waters : anchoring Athena SWAN into Irish HEIs
- 2022
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In: Journal of Gender Studies. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0958-9236 .- 1465-3869. ; 31:1, s. 23-35
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The UK Athena SWAN (AS) Charter was extended to Irish Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in 2015 to provide a catalyst for change towards gender equality and to transform institutional cultures, through AS Gender Action Plans. This paper charts: the journey of Athena SWAN to Ireland; its rate of adoption by Irish HEIs; and its impact on the sector. Drawing upon the perspective and contribution of Trinity College Dublin, as an institutional case study accelerator, the paper examines some prevailing critiques of the Athena SWAN Charter and demonstrates how some of these shortfalls have been overcome in the Irish HEI sector, most notably through linking Athena SWAN awards to sectoral and research funding.
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