Hasil untuk "Women. Feminism"

Asieh Yousefnajad Shomali

analysis possible. They particularly valued accounts that captured both the everyday and political efforts that go into making kinship queer. This edited book would have provided the kind of engagement that not only would they have enjoyed, but also learned a lot from. It is full of fleshy and complex narratives of queer family-making, highlighting both the trials and the tribulations, as well as the contradictions that are frequently inherent to seeking belonging. It is a book that asks the reader to remember that the political work of queering kinship is in paying attention to the small details of our lives that colour the fabric of society. In conclusion, we’d like to draw the readers to what the editors write in their introduction: “It is right that we think deeply on this matter, approach it from many perspectives, for what is at stake is significant. The issue goes to the heart of our humanness, our ability to live and love freely, and fundamentally, to belong.” For readers of Feminism & Psychology, this book then is an opportunity to learn from and teach our students about ways of solidarity building with/in queer communities that will allow for more diverse ways of making family and belonging – an always already deeply critical feminist project.

V. Plumwood

Two of the most important political movements of the late twentieth century are those of environmentalism and feminism. In this book, Val Plumwood argues that feminist theory has an important opportunity to make a major contribution to the debates in political ecology and environmental philosophy. Feminism and the Mastery of Nature explains the relation between ecofeminism, or ecological feminism, and other feminist theories including radical green theories such as deep ecology. Val Plumwood provides a philosophically informed account of the relation of women and nature, and shows how relating male domination to the domination of nature is important and yet remains a dilemma for women.

Sara R. Farris

Susan Bordo

Chandra Talpade Mohanty

Tale Steen-Johnsen, Hanne Haaland, May-Linda Magnussen et al.

I denne artikkelen setter vi søkelyset på hvordan et utvalg kvinnelige førsteamanuenser tenker om og reorienterer sitt arbeid etter en eller flere perioder med sykmelding. Problemstillingen i artikkelen er den følgende: Hva slags forhandlinger gjør kvinnelige førsteamanuenser i relasjon til eget arbeid i og etter en periode med sykmelding? Studien er basert på intervjuer med syv førsteamanuenser ved et ungt norsk universitet, og vi benytter Lauren Berlants teori om «ond optimisme» som sensitiverende begrep for å forstå førsteamanuensenes erfaringer. Vi viser at sykmelding oppleves som en eksistensiell erfaring som tvinger informantene til å finne nye måter å balansere arbeid og helse på, og vi kaller denne prosessen en «reorientering». Etter en slik opplevelse prioriterer deltagerne i studien verdier som de selv mener er viktige i arbeidet, og søker støtte fra kollegaer gjennom å vise ekthet og sårbarhet. Reorienteringen innebærer også en økt vektlegging av undervisning og studentkontakt samt en kritisk holdning til publisering og forskningssynlighet. Dette er verdier som noen av informantene ikke opplever at vektlegges i universitetets målesystemer. En reforhandling av slike verdier blir beskrevet av informantene som tungt og som et til tider eksistensielt arbeid som også kan trues av manglende lederstøtte og moralske anfektelser. Studien bidrar til synliggjøring av reorientering som en del av relasjonen til arbeidet i det neoliberale akademia etter sykmelding. Forskningen vi presenterer her, gir også innsikt i betydningen av kjønn i akademia og bidrar til en diskusjon om hvorvidt kvinner ofte må forhandle om sitt arbeidsforhold på måter som menn ikke må i samme grad.

Dan Anderberg, Rachel Cassidy, Anaya Dam et al.

One in three women globally experiences intimate partner violence (IPV), yet little is known about how such trauma affects economic decision-making. We provide causal evidence that IPV influences women's time preferences - a key parameter in models of savings, investment, and labor supply. We combine two empirical strategies using four distinct datasets. First, in two randomized recall experiments in Ethiopia, we randomly assigned women to recall specific acts of abuse before eliciting their intertemporal choices. Women with IPV experiences prompted to recall IPV display significantly greater impatience than otherwise similar women who are not prompted. Second, we exploit exogenous reductions in IPV generated by two randomized interventions - one involving cash transfers, the other psychotherapy - and use treatment assignment as an instrument for IPV exposure. Women who experience reduced IPV as a result of treatment exhibit more patient time preferences. Together, these results provide consistent, novel causal evidence that exposure to IPV induces individuals to discount the future more heavily. This evidence suggests a psychological channel through which violence can perpetuate economic disadvantage and constrain women's ability to take actions - such as saving, investing, or exiting abusive relationships - that require planning over time.

Priscilla Muheki, Mirjana Pović, Somaya Saad et al.

In preparation for the International Astronomical Union (IAU) General Assembly (GA) 2024, the first GA held in Africa, the African Network of Women in Astronomy (AfNWA) embarked on a visionary project: the creation of an inspiring storytelling book that showcases the remarkable journeys of professional female astronomers in Africa. This book is not merely a collection of biographies; it is a tapestry of resilience, passion, and scientific excellence woven through the lives of women who have ventured into the cosmos from the African continent. The primary aim of this book is twofold. Firstly, it seeks to bring greater visibility to women astronomers in Africa, highlighting their groundbreaking research and the personal stories that have shaped their careers. By shining a light on their achievements and awards, we hope to acknowledge their contributions to the field of astronomy and underscore the importance of diversity in science. Secondly, this book aspires to inspire and empower the next generation of scientists, particularly young women and girls across Africa. Through the personal narratives and professional achievements of these trailblazing astronomers and students in astronomy, we aim to spark curiosity, foster a love for science, and demonstrate that the sky is not the limit but just the beginning for those who dare to dream. As you delve into the stories within these pages, you will encounter a rich array of experiences and insights that reflect the unique challenges and triumphs women face in astronomy. From overcoming societal barriers to making groundbreaking discoveries, these women have carved paths that others can follow, proving that with determination and passion, the stars are within reach for everyone.

Taylor Robinson, Rikke Bjerg Jensen

We report on two months of ethnographic fieldwork in a women's centre in Pattaya, and interviews with 76 participants. Our findings, as they relate to digital security, show how (i) women in Pattaya, often working in the sex and massage industries, perceived relationships with farang men as their best, and sometimes only, option to achieve security; (ii) the strategies used by the women to appeal to a farang involved presenting themselves online, mirroring how they were being advertised by bar owners to attract customers; (iii) appealing to what they considered `Western ideals', the women sought out `Western technologies' and appropriated them for their benefit; (iv) the women navigated a series of online security risks, such as scams and abuse, which shaped their search for a farang; (v) the women developed collective security through knowledge-sharing to protect themselves and each other in their search for a farang. We situate our work in emerging digital security scholarship within marginalised contexts.

Sana Khalil, Angela Warner

We highlight the barriers shaping women's economic opportunities in Pakistan, where female labor force participation remains among the lowest globally. Labor force surveys (2020-21) show a stark rural-urban divide: 28 percent for rural women versus 69 percent for rural men, and 10 percent for urban women versus 66 percent for urban men. Unemployment is higher for women (7 percent in rural areas; 16 percent in urban areas) than for men (5 and 6 percent, respectively). Women are concentrated in agriculture (68 percent), with limited presence in services (17 percent) and industry (15 percent), and mostly in rural (51 percent) or home-based (30 percent) work; only 14 percent are in formal business settings. Employment status reflects vulnerability: 63 percent of rural women are unpaid contributing family workers versus 17 percent of urban women. Interviews with married women in Karachi underscore childcare constraints, harassment and safety concerns, transport barriers, and family opposition. Together, the evidence points to structural and cultural constraints that restrict access to paid work; easing them will require labor market reforms, better transport and childcare, stronger protections against harassment and discrimination, and a gradual change in gender norms and household decision-making.

A. Wu, Yige Dong

ABSTRACT Contemporary Chinese feminism has drawn much attention in academe and popular media, yet its ontological roots and the politics of naming has largely escaped scrutiny. This paper first demonstrates that China’s post-socialist transition has given rise to a new gendered structure of power, in response to which urban young women have assembled various discursive and material practices in their struggles. Second, the social rupture and shock caused by these practices have led to the popular perception that an undifferentiated “feminism” has been proliferating in contemporary China. Combining historiographical and ethnographic research, this paper maps out the overall landscape of women’s agitations and identifies two latent strands of “made-in-China feminism” – with varied sociopolitical significance – that engage with cultural norms at the grassroots level. In grasping China’s ongoing gender antagonism with its full complexity, this paper discusses the limitations of existing scholarly approaches to contemporary Chinese feminism. This analysis contributes to the ongoing conversation on imagining a feminist politics in non-Western societies that disrupts the political, economic, and cultural orders all at once.

Eliza de Souza Silva Araújo

In her Black feminism reimagined, Jennifer C. Nash engages with the notion of intersectionality, central for the discussions of black feminism, in an affective and also critical way. The theoretician’s standpoint is located in her experience and readings as an academic, therefore, a substantial part of the discussion is centered around academic practices and their most recent connections with intersectionality. Understanding the university as a place that was not historically a space of support for intellectual knowledge production of black women, Nash ponders about practices which remain colonial in such locations: the use of intersectionality for good corporate image, the peripheral space reserved for theoreticians who engage with this type of analytics, the fetishization of black women, which contributes to systemic violence. Nash believes one can read and think intersectionality from a perspective which requires commitment and care, where there is space and demand for dialogue and reinvention, inspired by social and global changes already taking place and amplifying feminist perfections of black women and women of color.

Qiqi Huang

ABSTRACT Anti-feminism and misogyny online have intensified globally over the last decade, bringing substantive challenges to feminist identification and activism. This article explores the strategies for silencing and expelling feminists via the deployment of an anti-feminist discourse online, in response to feminism’s increasing visibility in China. Data was collected via observation of 23 influential feminist accounts on Weibo. This was bolstered by data from 10 semi-structured interviews with feminist Weibo account contributors. By applying critical discourse analysis (CDA), four strategies used to demonise feminists and depoliticise feminism online in China are identified: feminists as deviant women, as betraying the nation, as connected to Islamists, and as “fake-feminists.” The article highlights a kind of intertwined anti-feminism that draws power from distinct features—nationalism and Islamophobia. It argues that by interlocking Chinese historical and structural conditions as well as cultural context, anti-feminism diverts public attention away from systematic gender inequality, and onto antagonisms between feminists and anti-feminists, which further restricts the discussion of intersectional oppressions that affect women’s lives.

Fátima Esther De Lima Pinasco , María Carolina Farías Rodríguez

Perinatal death is framed within a social context where it is not explicitly recognized as «the death of a baby». Perinatal loss is a very frequent reality and has a high impact on the family. However, it is a grief that is experienced in great solitude. Ecosystem theory with its ecological perspective understands that human development is influenced by relationships with its environment. Perinatal Psychology seen from an ecosystem approach allows a broad and flexible view. In this sense, there is a lack of empathy regarding the pain that the male father is going through regarding the death of his/her child, which can lead to helplessness and a feeling of marginalization in the face of their experience. Within a patriarchal culture, the concept of paternity is associated with a man’s ability to get pregnant and his ability to be an economic provider. The identity of men is still linked to the construction of masculinity, which is in contrast to reproduction. Faced with loss, the man plays the role of supporting the woman, generating limitations in being able to express her own discomfort. These learn to identify with reason and make an abrupt cut from the bodily and emotional experience. This way of experiencing grief does not allow them to navigate the loss, avoiding connecting with their own sensitivity, which feeds back into the paradigm.

Marta Conde García

Review of / Reseña de: Guilló Arakistain, Miren. Sangre y resistencia. Políticas y culturas alternativas de la menstruación. Manresa: Bellaterra Edicions, 2023. 308 pp. ISBN: 978-84-19160-34-8.

Marek Kwiek, Lukasz Szymula

In this research, we quantify an inflow of women into science in the past three decades. Structured Big Data allow us to estimate the contribution of women scientists to the growth of science by disciplines (N = STEMM 14 disciplines) and over time (1990-2023). A monolithic segment of STEMM science emerges from this research as divided between the disciplines in which the growth was powerfully driven by women - and the disciplines in which the role of women was marginal. There are four disciplines in which 50% of currently publishing scientists are women; and five disciplines in which more than 50% of currently young scientists are women. But there is also a cluster of four highly mathematized disciplines (MATH, COMP, PHYS, and ENG) in which the growth of science is only marginally driven by women. Digital traces left by scientists in their publications indexed in global datasets open two new dimensions in large-scale academic profession studies: time and gender. The growth of science in Europe was accompanied by growth in the number of women scientists, but with powerful cross-disciplinary and cross-generational differentiations. We examined the share of women scientists coming from ten different age cohorts for 32 European and four comparator countries (the USA, Canada, Australia, and Japan). Our study sample was N = 1,740,985 scientists (including 39.40% women scientists). Three critical methodological challenges of using structured Big Data of the bibliometric type were discussed: gender determination, academic age determination, and discipline determination.

Marta Cabezas

Feminism in Spain is experiencing a paradox. On the one hand, the March 8 movement has held two feminist strikes, attended by multitudes. On the other hand, the far Right has entered representative politics, announcing a battle against feminism. With the rapid ascendency of the nationalist far-right party Vox, Spain joins other European countries where the far Right is on the rise. This article’s aim is to analyze the crucial role of gender in the rise of the nationalist far Right in Spain, arguing that gender is not a secondary issue but a primary field in which this political process is being articulated. The article examines the ways Vox mobilized gender during the national electoral campaign of April 2019 and during their first steps in the Andalusian Parliament. The analysis is twofold: it begins by exploring the framing of Vox’s electoral campaigns, including the national myth of the Reconquista of a Catholic Spain from Muslim rule and the militaristic representation of masculinity within this holy-war frame. It then examines Vox’s relentless antigender discourse, focusing on two prominent issues: first, the far-right opposition to gender violence policy through a variety of strategies, such as denying the gendered nature of violence against women and reversing the roles of victim and perpetrator, and second, the party’s representation of feminism, ranging from its straightforward delegitimization of feminism as an enemy of the Spanish nation to a parasitic-opportunistic appropriation through the defense of a “Spanish feminism.” The case study concludes that the Spanish far Right is gender dependent and that antagonism toward feminism is one of its key features.

Haradhan Kumar Mohajan

This paper tries to analyze the origin and progress of global feminism. Feminism is a mass movement commenced by women of all groups to eradicate all forms of feminist oppressions by men that are prevailing in a patriarchal society. It always fights against all types of oppressions on women. It is a procedure that takes attempts to understand and conceptualize gender roles and advocates for the annexation of women’s interests in social organization. It tries to explain the phenomenon of gender inequality. It is considered as a politics to achieve gender equality in all spheres of the society. Feminists support of ensuring equal individual rights and liberties for women and men. This study takes attempts to discuss a comprehensive understanding of feminism, and the different variants of feminism. This paper also tries to highlight the major challenges that the feminists are facing and the future goals of the feminist movement should be.

Neema Varghese, Navin Kumar

ABSTRACT There is an increasing presence of ‘femvertising’ in the media; an advertising style that highlights women’s talents, centers themes on pro-woman messaging and counters stereotyping. However, no systematic attempt has been made to establish the reasons leading to its increasing social acceptance. This article identifies the major factors leading to femvertising: (1) growing activism around the better representation of women in advertising; (2) brand activism and conscious capitalism; (3) the criticism of corporate and commodity feminism; (4) increasing awareness of gender stereotyping; (5) and increasing scrutiny by regulatory bodies on gender role representations in advertising. We conclude that femvertising is a phenomenon resulting from the combined effect of the five factors above. We propose that future studies in femvertising should address the remaining issues of lack of authenticity, dilution of feminist discourse, interconnection with social movements as well as linkages to increased representation of women in advertising, both to construct a full picture of the current state of femvertising and to understand its future configuration in a shifting social and ideological environment.

A. Phipps

Using #MeToo as a starting point, this paper argues that the cultural power of mainstream white feminism partly derives from the cultural power of white tears. This in turn depends on the dehumanisation of people of colour, who were constructed in colonial ‘race science’ as incapable of complex feeling (Schuller, 2018). Colonialism also created a circuit between bourgeois white women’s tears and white men’s rage, often activated by allegations of rape, which operated in the service of economic extraction and exploitation. This circuit endures, abetting the criminal punishment system and the weaponisation of ‘women’s safety’ by the various border regimes of the right. It has especially been utilised by reactionary forms of feminism, which set themselves against sex workers and trans people. Such feminisms exemplify what I call ‘political whiteness’, which centres assertions of victimhood: through these, womanhood (and personhood) is claimed to the exclusion of the enemy. Through legitimating criminal punishment and border policing and dehumanising marginalised Others, claims to victimhood in mainstream feminism often end up strengthening the intersecting violence of racial capitalism and heteropatriarchy.