Pub Date : 2023-10-09DOI: 10.1080/09589236.2023.2258077
Moritz Roemer
This article discusses the recent introduction of ‘diverse’ and ‘no entry’ along ‘male’ and ‘female’ as gender categories in the German microcensus. It describes how intersex and non-binary survey participants are simultaneously made visible and invisible through different systems of gender classification and assignment. The article combines the analysis of documents by the Federal Statistical Office with expert interviews with activists and researchers working on legal and statistical gender identification from a non-binary and intersex perspective. Although two non-binary gender categories are included on paper at the point of data collection, they are subsequently randomly assigned ‘male’ or ‘female’ in data publication. Interviewed experts critically contextualize the survey practices of the microcensus and point to some of the problems with this approach. However, they also stress the non-linear connection between recognition and visibility and agree with data protection concerns related to super-visibility. Their criticism points towards several ways of rethinking gender classification and assignment in population surveys. This article contributes to discussions about the contested inclusion of subjects with marginalized gendered experiences into the population through legal and statistical technologies. Using the framework of in_visibility, it also points to the potentials and limitations of a politics of visibility.
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Pub Date : 2023-10-03DOI: 10.1080/09589236.2023.2261251
Alex Belsey
"Everybody: a book about freedom." Journal of Gender Studies, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print), pp. 1–2
“每个人:一本关于自由的书。”《性别研究杂志》,印刷前,第1-2页
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Pub Date : 2023-09-30DOI: 10.1080/09589236.2023.2264222
Lucinda Saldanha, Sofia Marques da Silva, Pedro D. Ferreira
ABSTRACTVideo game communities, as new emerging creators of contemporary culture, have been identified as paradigmatic gendered contexts and are considered essential for understanding gendered contextual dynamics in contemporary society. This research is based on a multi-sited ethnography study of five game jams as contexts of creation and participation in video game communities, to which was added discussion from eight focus groups and an online forum with 30 female participants. It explores and discusses three analytic emerging dimensions about the perceived gendered dynamics, experiences, interactions and characteristics of these contexts through the women’s perspectives, silences and meanings. In particular, it focuses on the unequal representation and uncovered power dynamics between men and women, the perceived gender stereotypes, and the internalised discourses. Considering the perceptions of devaluing women´s capacity, experience and knowledge, is discussed the impacts on women’s participation. The importance of decoding the video game-gendered contexts is reinforced to create gender-integrated and gender-sensitive environments towards a more diverse and inclusive gaming culture.KEYWORDS: Video game communitiesgendered contextswomen’s experiencesgame jams AcknowledgmentsThis work was supported by FCT - Foundation for Science and Technology, IP, and co-funded by the European Social Fund, under the Human Capital Operational Programme (POCH) from Portugal 2020 Programme, within the Doctoral Programme in Education of the University of Porto [grant no. PD/BD/135578/2018]. And by FCT within the scope of the strategic program of CIIE - Center for Research and Intervention in Education at the University of Porto [ref. UID/CED/00167/2019; UIDB/00167/2020].Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Additional informationFundingThis work was supported by the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia [PD/BD/135578/2018].Notes on contributorsLucinda SaldanhaLucinda Saldanha is a doctoral fellow (financed by the Foundation for Science and Technology - Portugal) and a doctoral student in the Doctoral Program in Educational Sciences at the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Porto, Portugal. Graduated in Psychology and Master’s in Political and Citizenship Psychology (FPCEUP) and Art Studies (FLUC), she worked as a researcher in the project JoSeES - Serious Games in Higher Education: Impacts, Experiences and Expectations, at the Educational Research and Intervention Center (CIIE), as a psychologist in several public schools, and as a social intervention professional, in community projects. Developed publications for young people in active citizenship and citizen art and has experience in participation and leadership in civic and cultural associations.Sofia Marques da SilvaSofia Marques da Silva is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences of the University
摘要电子游戏社区作为当代文化的新兴创造者,被认为是性别语境的典范,是理解当代社会性别语境动态的必要条件。这项研究是基于对5个游戏jam的多站点人种学研究,将其作为电子游戏社区创造和参与的背景,并添加了来自8个焦点小组和30名女性参与者的在线论坛的讨论。它通过女性的视角、沉默和意义,探讨和讨论了这些语境中感知到的性别动态、经验、互动和特征的三个分析新兴维度。它特别关注男女之间不平等的代表性和揭示的权力动态,感知到的性别刻板印象,以及内化的话语。考虑到贬低妇女的能力、经验和知识的看法,讨论了对妇女参与的影响。解码电子游戏性别背景的重要性被强化,以创造性别融合和性别敏感的环境,以实现更多样化和包容性的游戏文化。关键词:视频游戏communitiesgendered contextswomen experiencesgame堵塞AcknowledgmentsThis工作受到了FCT -基础科学和技术,IP,欧洲社会基金,资助的,发现下人力资本运营项目(POCH)从葡萄牙2020项目,在波尔图大学的教育的博士项目(批准号PD / BD / 135578/2018)。在中国国际进口博览会战略项目范围内——波尔图大学教育研究与干预中心[ref. UID/CED/00167/2019;/ 00167/2020选答)。披露声明作者未报告潜在的利益冲突。本研究得到了科学与技术基金(Ciência e a tecologia) [PD/BD/135578/2018]的支持。作者简介:halucinda Saldanha是葡萄牙波尔图大学心理与教育科学学院教育科学博士项目的博士生(由葡萄牙科学技术基金会资助)。毕业于心理学和政治与公民心理学硕士学位(FPCEUP)和艺术研究硕士学位(FLUC),曾在教育研究与干预中心(CIIE)担任“JoSeES -高等教育中的严肃游戏:影响,经验和期望”项目的研究员,在几所公立学校担任心理学家,并在社区项目中担任社会干预专业人员。为积极公民和公民艺术方面的年轻人编写出版物,并具有参与和领导公民和文化协会的经验。索菲亚·马奎斯·达席尔瓦,葡萄牙波尔图大学心理与教育科学学院副教授,教授研究方法论、教育社会学和青年文化。她是波尔图大学教育研究与干预中心(CIIE)成员。她参与了多个欧洲和国际项目,涉及弱势群体和教育、青年文化、性别和教育、农村和边境地区儿童和年轻人的民族志和生活故事研究。她是NESET II的成员,NESET II是欧共体教育与培训委员会的专家咨询网络,致力于教育和培训的社会层面。她是葡萄牙教育科学学会的副主席。她一直在国内和国际上发表文章。她是《民族志与教育》杂志的主编(Taylor & Francis/Routledge;2018 - 2022)。Pedro D. Ferreira,波尔图大学心理与教育科学学院助理教授,中国国际进口博览会教育研究与干预中心成员。他拥有心理学博士学位,主要研究方向是年轻人和成年人的政治参与和政治发展。最近,他对研究数字环境、技术和媒体如何促进政治主体化和政治教育特别感兴趣。他是多个国家和国际项目的成员,并协调了这些主题的国家和国际项目(JoSeES -“高等教育中的严肃游戏:影响,经验和潜力”;DISK -数字移民生存工具包(2019-2022,ERASMUS+)。他是葡萄牙教育科学学会(SPCE)的成员。
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Pub Date : 2023-09-27DOI: 10.1080/09589236.2023.2262938
Su Holmes, Bethany Atkins
This article draws on ten semi-structured interviews with mothers about their maternal selfie practices in order to explore how they use and navigate the form in relation to their motherhood identities and experiences. Whilst work on the form is still emerging, we examine the claim that maternal selfies offer space for a uniquely subjective expression/depiction of motherhood. As part of this, we explore how discussions of their selfie practices – and appraisals of the cultural circulation of the maternal selfie – resist and (re)produce discourses on acceptable digital and cultural paradigms of motherhood. The themes which emerged from these data were 1) the maternal selfie as empowerment, 2) authenticity as regulatory discourse and 3) the risks of negative affect. In drawing on work on neoliberal and intensive mothering frames, the article examines how the increasing emphasis (in digital cultures in particular) on displaying the complex realities of motherhood are implicated within the surveillance and self-surveillance of maternal visibility in ways which may (further) delimit the possibilities for maternal self-expression.
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Pub Date : 2023-09-25DOI: 10.1080/09589236.2023.2258075
Emma C. Murphy, Saerom Han, Hanen Keskes, Gina Porter
Employment in the transport sector has historically proven to be male-dominated, even in countries like Tunisia which have evidenced public policy narratives and legal employment frameworks promoting gender equality. This paper presented the findings from a grounded research study examining women’s employment experiences in blue-collar roles in the transport sector of Greater Tunis. Drawing on extensive interviews with both female and male transport employees, as well as field observations, it demonstrates that familiar sectoral narratives of transport work as ‘too rough, too hard and too dirty for women’ can be understood through the broader political economy of the country and the transport sector within it. The research evidences the sustained and mutually-constitutive relationship between patriarchal cultural norms and capital’s development through successive periods of populist welfarism and neo-liberal governance, indicating that progressive advances in women's employment rights are not socio-economically embedded and suggesting that future research would be usefully informed by feminist social reproduction theory.
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Pub Date : 2023-09-23DOI: 10.1080/09589236.2023.2261252
Lisa Chu Shen
"New perspectives on gender and translation: new voices for transnational dialogues." Journal of Gender Studies, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print), pp. 1–2
性别与翻译的新视角:跨国对话的新声音。《性别研究杂志》,印刷前,第1-2页
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Pub Date : 2023-09-23DOI: 10.1080/09589236.2023.2260318
Matteo Botto, Lucas Gottzén
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 radicalization 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 synthesized into three phases to illustrate the paths in and out of the manosphere.
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Pub Date : 2023-09-23DOI: 10.1080/09589236.2023.2258098
Zenia Simonella, Simona Cuomo
ABSTRACTItaly promulgated the ‘Golfo-Mosca Law’ obliging companies to introduce gender quotas on boards of directors. The goal was to analyse whether or to what extent women bring gender equality to boards’ debates as well as men’s reactions following the introduction of quotas. The authors interviewed 100 women directors and 34 men CEOs/Presidents between June 2020 and February 2021, referring to the concepts of ‘critical mass’, ‘symbolic violence’ and ‘post-feminist sensibility’ in order to interpret the data. The analysis shows that gender quotas are considered necessary for modifying boards’ routines. However, the introduction of the gender equality topic in the debate is difficult, also in a critical mass situation, depending on the experience of women within boards. In relation to this, the authors identify strategies adopted by women (‘avoiding’, ‘neutral’ and ‘empowering’) and forms of resistance they encountered within the boards (‘denial’, ‘second class citizenship’, ‘microaggressions’, ‘backlash and gender fatigue’), showing that the potential transformative role of women as board members is variable and limited. Men appear as the guardians of the gendered symbolic order, considering gender equality as a means to enhance companies’ reputations.KEYWORDS: Genderquotasfeminismsymbolic violenceboardItaly Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.DataFor information regarding our data, please contact the corresponding author.Notes1. Each interviewee was adequately informed in relation to the research objectives, the use of data and the respect for personal information and privacy following the ethical guidelines of the authors’ institution.2. Environmental, Social, Governance criteria.Additional informationFundingThe authors would like to thank: Valore D Association as our unique project partner and Generali and McKinsey as our financial sponsors.Notes on contributorsZenia SimonellaZenia Simonella is post-doc research fellow, Dep. Sociology and Social Research, University of Milan-Bicocca and fellow at Diversity, Inclusion & Smart Working Monitor, Sda Bocconi School of Management. Research areas: gender studies, diversity and inclusion management, sociology of knowledge/science, sociology of everyday life, methodology of social sciences.Simona CuomoSimona Cuomo is Associate Professor of Practice of Leadership, Organization & Human Resources and Coordinator of the Diversity, Inclusion & Smart Working Monitor at Sda Bocconi School of Management. Research areas: gender studies, diversity and inclusion management, leadership, team management, remote working.
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Pub Date : 2023-09-23DOI: 10.1080/09589236.2023.2258070
Begonya Enguix Grau
ABSTRACTThis article explores the overlapping systems of gender and nation and particularly the connections of masculinities with national construction. Based on the analysis of the video ‘Por España’ performed by the queer artist Samantha Hudson, I discuss how in/visibilities affect the recognizability of queer bodies in relation to national construction and unveil how hegemonic masculinities have been the norm. Queer ‘inappropriate’ bodies have been left aside from the hegemonic representations of the national bodies in the military, in politics or in sport. Queer visible bodies attached to national symbols oppose the still prevalent masculinist models of patriotism in a context of growing right-wing masculinities and antigender right-wing populisms. Changing the rules of what bodies can appear in public in relation to national symbols can affect the construction of the collective ‘we’ and turn invisibility into recognition and political agency. In/visibilities are ambivalent and paradoxical: they trigger empowerment and agency but also stigma, repression and control. Sticking queer bodies to national sentiments (‘Por España’) and symbols (bulls, Spanish flags, folklore, food, dress and so on) is an invitation to see other bodies, genders and sexualities and to imagine other nations that question the traditional geometries of power and their visibility regimes.KEYWORDS: masculinitiesqueer bodiesnationsin/visibilitiesagency Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author.Notes1. The author wishes to thank the reviewers for their dedication, careful reading and detailed suggestions for improving the article. I also thank Subterfuge Records for their permission to reproduce the figures.2. I use the pronoun ‘she’ to refer to Samantha because in her Instagram account she talks of herself in feminine (see @badbixsamantha). The video, directed by Fran Granada, is on Youtube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Amx9AXllumY (retrieved 10 January 2022).3. Their re/presentation of masculinity through traditional indexes (body hair, beard, muscles) also characterizes gay bears (Enguix Grau, Citation2021). This can either confirm Inclusive Masculinity Theory (Anderson & McCormack, Citation2018) or just be an ironic questioning of ‘traditional’ (heterosexual) masculinity.4. https://elpais.com/#popup1 (retrieved 29 May 2023).5. In English, the Spanish prepositions ‘por’ and ‘para’ are translated as ‘for’ but ‘por’ indicates causality and ‘para’ indicates finality.6. The term ‘measures’ has a political but also a physical meaning referred to hypermasculinity and penis size. The verb ‘to sow’ refers to agriculture (production) and to male potence to impregnate women (reproduction). In fact, the word ‘semen’ etimologically derives from the Latin ‘semen’ (seed) and ‘serere’ (sow). The worlds of nature and culture are thus connected in this electoral slogan.7. See, for instance, the memes that present some Vox leaders as 'Fachi-blinder
摘要本文探讨了性别与民族的重叠系统,特别是男性与国家建构的关系。基于对酷儿艺术家萨曼莎·哈德森(Samantha Hudson)表演的视频“可怜España”的分析,我讨论了在国家建设中,可见性如何影响酷儿身体的可识别性,并揭示了男性霸权是如何成为常态的。酷儿“不合适”的身体已经被排除在军事、政治或体育等国家机构的霸权代表之外。在右翼男性主义和反性别右翼民粹主义不断增长的背景下,依附于国家象征的酷儿可见身体反对仍然盛行的男性主义爱国主义模式。改变与国家符号相关的身体在公共场合出现的规则,可以影响集体“我们”的构建,并将隐形转化为认可和政治代理。可见性是矛盾和矛盾的:它们引发赋权和能动性,但也引发耻辱、压制和控制。将酷儿的身体与民族情感(' Por España ')和符号(公牛、西班牙国旗、民间传说、食物、服装等)联系在一起,是一种邀请,让我们看到其他的身体、性别和性行为,并想象其他质疑传统权力几何形状及其可见性制度的国家。关键词:男性主义;酷儿身体;机构;披露声明作者未报告潜在的利益冲突。作者在此感谢审稿人的奉献精神、细心阅读以及为改进文章提出的详细建议。我还要感谢诡计唱片公司允许复制这些数字。我用“她”来指代萨曼莎,因为在她的Instagram账户上,她用女性的方式谈论自己(见@badbixsamantha)。该视频由Fran Granada执导,上载于Youtube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Amx9AXllumY(检索于2022年1月10日)。他们通过传统指标(体毛、胡须、肌肉)来再现男性气概,这也是同性恋熊的特征(Enguix Grau, Citation2021)。这既可以证实包容性男子气概理论(Anderson & McCormack, Citation2018),也可以是对“传统”(异性恋)男子气概的讽刺质疑。https://elpais.com/#popup1(检索于2023年5月29日)。在英语中,西班牙语介词“por”和“para”被翻译成“for”,但“por”表示因果关系,“para”表示最终结果。“measures”一词既有政治意义,也有生理意义,指的是男性气概和阴茎尺寸。动词“播种”指的是农业(生产)和男性使女性受孕(繁殖)的能力。事实上,“精液”这个词在词源学上是由拉丁语“精液”(种子)和“serere”(母猪)两个词组成的。自然世界和文化世界因此在这一选举口号中联系在一起。例如,在Tremending (Citation2022) (https://www.publico.es/tremending/2022/01/23/de-los-fachi-blinders-a-los-peaky-blinders-de-hacendado-cachondeo-en-twitter-con-esta-foto-de-abascal-y-sus-pupilos-en-leon/).8)中,将一些Vox领导人描绘成“faci - Blinders”的表情包,将贬义的西班牙语极右翼同情者(“facha”)与著名的系列剧《皮基·Blinders》结合在一起。' Soy un maricón judeomasón '[0.49]。所有歌词均经诡计唱片公司许可转载。“哈兹罗,可怜的España;[1.20-1.25] [au:]" Dicen de mí las malas lenguas que soy el diablo, que soy una cualquiera "(0.31 - -0.37) 11。红军、犹太人和泥瓦匠是佛朗哥和他的政权顽固的敌人。“A mi y A los de mi calaña, danos caña por España”[1.45-1.50][3.32-3.33] [au:]' Soy la bujarra con la que sueñas tú;[0.53-1.00].15。' Paco, Paquillo, Sexy caudillo, Tú serás mi obispo y yo tu monaguillo, Soy tu esclava, Soy tu sumisa, ponme correa y ll samvame congo a misa '[3.01-3.11].16。' Ven y súbeme la falda, la falda rojigualda '[3.45-3.57].17。' Soy un tabú, un maricón judeomasón, Belcebú ' [0.47-0.50]“Ay por España, hazme sufrir por España…a mí ya los de mi calaña, danos caña por España”[1.45-1.50]其他信息撰稿人说明begonya Enguix Grau begonya Enguix Grau是加泰罗尼亚Oberta大学(UOC)的社会人类学正教授,并定期在Karl-Franzens-Universität(奥地利格拉茨)演讲,并于2019年担任Aigner Rollett妇女和性别研究客座教授。她是国际会议“男性运动”(MIM)的主任,也是“美杜莎:性别转型”研究小组的负责人。男子气概,情感和身体”(UOC)。她的主要研究领域是性别人类学与男性气质、身体、身份和情感的关系,以及它们与媒体和政治的交集。
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