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Promoting or hindering equality? State feminism and the representation of queer women in state-controlled newspapers and Weibo 促进还是阻碍平等？国家女权主义和酷儿女性在官方报纸和微博上的表现

IF 1.9 3区社会学 Q2 WOMENS STUDIES

Womens Studies International Forum

Pub Date : 2025-10-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2025.103215

Yingyi Luo , Shiyang Zhu , Yue Jiang

In China, the state's ideological control over gender and sexuality has intensified, giving rise to a form of state feminism with Chinese characteristics. State feminism, the framework we build on, is typically understood as the extent to which state institutions align with women's movements. This paper extends the scope of state feminism by incorporating the role of media, analysing the gender and sexual norms articulated by state-controlled newspapers and social media in their representations of queer women, in order to understand how different media advance or undermine gender equality. Drawing on materials from state-owned newspapers and Weibo over a six-year period (April 13, 2018 – April 13, 2024), the findings show that the conditional visibility of queer women in state-controlled newspapers reflects a compromised form of state feminism, permitted only when serving Party–state interests by reinforcing heteronormativity and nationalist logics. In contrast, Weibo provides a space where queer women's visibility is subject to negotiation. We propose the concepts of normalisation and low-risk activism to capture how queer women activists on Weibo exercise bounded agency to promote gender and sexual diversity and to raise awareness of gender-based violence. This study aims to deepen our understanding of the distinctiveness of Chinese state feminism and to reveal the opportunities and limitations of the media's role in promoting gender equality.

在中国，国家对性别和性行为的意识形态控制不断加强，形成了一种具有中国特色的国家女性主义。国家女权主义，我们赖以建立的框架，通常被理解为国家机构与妇女运动的一致程度。本文通过纳入媒体的角色，扩展了国家女权主义的范围，分析了国家控制的报纸和社交媒体在描述酷儿女性时所表达的性别和性规范，以了解不同的媒体是如何促进或破坏性别平等的。根据官方报纸和微博在6年期间（2018年4月13日至2024年4月13日）的资料，研究结果表明，酷儿女性在国有报纸上的有条件曝光反映了一种妥协形式的国家女权主义，只有在通过强化异性恋规范和民族主义逻辑为党和国家利益服务时才被允许。相比之下，微博提供了一个空间，酷儿女性的可见度可以协商。我们提出了正常化和低风险行动主义的概念，以捕捉微博上的酷儿女性活动家如何行使有限的代理来促进性别和性多样性，并提高对基于性别的暴力的认识。本研究旨在加深我们对中国国家女性主义的独特性的理解，并揭示媒体在促进性别平等方面的机会和局限性。

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Do gender equality and women's empowerment influence socially sustainable urban development in developing cities? 性别平等和妇女赋权是否影响发展中城市的社会可持续城市发展？

IF 1.9 3区社会学 Q2 WOMENS STUDIES

Womens Studies International Forum

Pub Date : 2025-10-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2025.103220

Sultana Razia , Marufa Akter , Md Azizur Rahman

Gender equality and women's empowerment (GEWE) are fundamental pillars of social sustainability and are integral to achieving comprehensive socio-economic development. Despite the accelerating urbanization in many developing countries, significant gaps remain in advancing GEWE, thus hindering the achievement of equitable development in these regions. This study aims to assess the current state of GEWE and examine its influence on socially sustainable urban development (SSUD), with a focus on the interconnections between gender equality and urban sustainability. Adopting a mixed-method approach, the study combined a structured questionnaire survey with key informant interviews to gather quantitative and qualitative data. Dhaka, chosen as a representative city from the Global South, served as the case study. A multistage sampling technique was employed to select 673 residents, ensuring a diverse and representative sample for analysis. The study revealed low satisfaction levels among respondents concerning the current state of GEWE, suggesting a gap between policy intentions and on-the-ground realities. Additionally, a robust positive correlation was found between GEWE and SSUD in Dhaka, a relationship consistently confirmed through various statistical tests. Expert interviews further highlighted the importance of addressing seven key GEWE indicators to foster more inclusive and sustainable urban development. This study's findings provide valuable insights for policymakers, urban planners, and government agencies, emphasizing the need to integrate GEWE into urban development frameworks. The research underscores the critical role of GEWE in achieving SSUD in Dhaka and other rapidly urbanizing cities within developing countries. The study contributes to ongoing discussions around SDG 5 (Gender Equality) and SDG 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities), reinforcing the importance of gender equality as a central driver of sustainable urban futures.

性别平等和赋予妇女权力是社会可持续性的基本支柱，是实现全面社会经济发展的组成部分。尽管许多发展中国家正在加速城市化，但在推进全球环境平等方面仍存在巨大差距，从而阻碍了这些地区实现公平发展。本研究旨在评估GEWE的现状，并研究其对社会可持续城市发展（SSUD）的影响，重点关注性别平等与城市可持续性之间的相互联系。该研究采用混合方法，将结构化问卷调查与关键信息访谈相结合，以收集定量和定性数据。达卡被选为全球南方的代表性城市，作为案例研究。采用多阶段抽样技术，选取673名居民，确保分析样本的多样性和代表性。该研究显示，受访者对GEWE现状的满意度较低，表明政策意图与实际情况之间存在差距。此外，在达卡，GEWE和SSUD之间发现了强有力的正相关，这种关系通过各种统计检验得到了一致的证实。专家访谈进一步强调了解决七个关键GEWE指标对促进更具包容性和可持续的城市发展的重要性。本研究结果为政策制定者、城市规划者和政府机构提供了有价值的见解，强调了将GEWE纳入城市发展框架的必要性。该研究强调了GEWE在达卡和发展中国家其他快速城市化城市实现可持续发展方面的关键作用。该研究有助于围绕可持续发展目标5（性别平等）和可持续发展目标11（可持续城市和社区）进行的讨论，强调了性别平等作为可持续城市未来核心驱动力的重要性。

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The intersection of gender diversity and societal norms: How violence against women moderates ESG performance 性别多样性与社会规范的交集：暴力侵害妇女行为如何影响ESG绩效

IF 1.9 3区社会学 Q2 WOMENS STUDIES

Womens Studies International Forum

Pub Date : 2025-10-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2025.103221

Hamzeh Al Amosh

This study examines the impact of gender diversity on ESG performance through the lens of violence against women (VAW). Through the application of social identity theory and institutional theory, the study posits that high levels of VAW limit the role of women on corporate boards, hindering the positive impact of gender diversity on ESG performance. The research develops a novel Violence Against Women Corporate Impact Index (VAW-CII), utilizing data from global indicators to quantitatively assess the prevalence of VAW and its influence on corporate governance and ESG outcomes. The study sample covers the period from 2013 to 2021 and includes firms from 16 countries, providing a robust dataset for examining the relationship between gender diversity, VAW, and ESG performance. The results show that higher levels of VAW weaken the positive effects of gender diversity on ESG performance. This suggests that societal marginalization of women, as reflected in VAW, undermines their ability to contribute effectively to corporate governance and ESG strategies. Business leaders and policymakers should recognize the impact of societal violence on gender diversity and ESG performance, implementing reforms that address both internal and external gender inequalities to promote more inclusive and effective corporate governance. The study highlights the importance of addressing broader societal issues, such as VAW, to foster gender equality in corporate leadership and improve ESG performance. This research offers a unique contribution by linking societal violence against women with corporate governance, providing a novel perspective on how external gender-related societal pressures shape organizational behavior and ESG outcomes.

本研究通过对妇女的暴力行为（VAW）的视角考察了性别多样性对ESG绩效的影响。通过运用社会认同理论和制度理论，本研究认为高水平的VAW限制了女性在公司董事会中的作用，阻碍了性别多样性对ESG绩效的积极影响。该研究开发了一种新的针对妇女的暴力行为企业影响指数（VAW- cii），利用来自全球指标的数据定量评估针对妇女的暴力行为的普遍程度及其对公司治理和ESG结果的影响。研究样本涵盖2013年至2021年期间，包括来自16个国家的公司，为研究性别多样性、VAW和ESG绩效之间的关系提供了强大的数据集。结果表明，较高的性别歧视水平削弱了性别多样性对ESG绩效的积极影响。这表明，正如《妇女行为准则》所反映的那样，妇女的社会边缘化削弱了她们有效促进公司治理和ESG战略的能力。商界领袖和政策制定者应认识到社会暴力对性别多样性和ESG绩效的影响，实施解决内部和外部性别不平等的改革，以促进更具包容性和更有效的公司治理。该研究强调了解决诸如女性暴力等更广泛的社会问题对于促进企业领导层中的性别平等和提高ESG绩效的重要性。该研究将针对女性的社会暴力与公司治理联系起来，为研究与性别相关的外部社会压力如何影响组织行为和ESG结果提供了一个新颖的视角。

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Understanding the NEET experiences of Syrian skilled immigrant young women: A qualitative study in Türkiye 了解叙利亚技术移民年轻女性的啃老经历：一项在土耳其的定性研究

IF 1.9 3区社会学 Q2 WOMENS STUDIES

Womens Studies International Forum

Pub Date : 2025-10-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2025.103222

Metin Gani TAPAN , Aykut Can DEMİREL , Ayşe Nur KATMER

This study explores the experiences of university-educated young Syrian women in southeastern Türkiye, which has the highest NEET (Not in Education, Employment, or Training) rate in Europe, according to OECD data, as well as the highest NEET and immigrant rates. The thematic analysis of semi-structured interviews with 14 participants revealed four interrelated challenges: (a) barriers to public sector employment, barriers to employment in the private sector, and restrictions on mobility; (b) social obstacles involving prejudice, ethnic discrimination, and exclusion; (c) gender-related challenges stemming from patriarchal expectations surrounding marriage, invisible domestic responsibilities, and male preference in hiring; and (d) psychosocial outcomes of being labeled NEET, including reduced motivation, alienation, and social isolation. This study, which addresses NEET status as a structural cause of skill loss and brain waste among educated migrant women, advances the discussion on intersectionality while emphasizing the need for targeted policy interventions.

本研究探讨了基耶省东南部受过大学教育的叙利亚年轻女性的经历，根据经合组织的数据，该地区的NEET（未接受教育、就业或培训）率在欧洲最高，同时NEET和移民率也最高。对14名参与者进行的半结构化访谈的专题分析揭示了四个相互关联的挑战：(a)公共部门就业障碍、私营部门就业障碍和流动限制；(b)涉及偏见、种族歧视和排斥的社会障碍；(c)与性别有关的挑战源于男权对婚姻的期望、无形的家庭责任和男性在雇佣方面的偏好；(d)被贴上啃老族标签的心理社会后果，包括动机降低、疏离和社会孤立。本研究将啃老族身份视为受教育移民妇女技能流失和人才浪费的结构性原因，在强调有针对性政策干预的必要性的同时，推进了对交叉性的讨论。

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Democratic backsliding and the shifting dynamics of empowerment: The case of the All-Poland Women's Strike 民主倒退和赋权的动态变化：全波兰妇女罢工的案例

IF 1.9 3区社会学 Q2 WOMENS STUDIES

Womens Studies International Forum

Pub Date : 2025-10-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2025.103217

Joanna Rak

Examining the trajectory of the All-Poland Women's Strike (Ogólnopolski Strajk Kobiet, OSK), this article explains how collective trauma stemming from gendered democratic backsliding transformed into political empowerment and its subsequent decline. Employing an integrated theoretical framework that combines feminist empowerment theory and resource mobilization theory and utilizing protest event data from the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED), the study traces the movement's dynamics from October 2020 to December 2023. The results reveal two distinct phases: an initial surge of mass mobilization, characterized by large-scale collective and psychological empowerment, and a subsequent protracted phase of disempowerment. The decline in the OSK's capacity for sustained action is correlated with escalating state repression, which systematically depleted the movement's human, material, social-organizational, and moral resources. This resource erosion progressively undermined participants' psychological agency and constricted the movement's strategic choices. The study concludes that the gendered dynamics of democratic backsliding paradoxically function as both a catalyst for initial mobilization, by intensifying grievances, and an impediment to sustained resistance, by systematically dismantling the essential conditions for collective action and eroding the psychological resilience and agency of participants. Democratic backsliding constitutes an adaptive assault on the social and psychological infrastructure of civic action, systematically narrowing political opportunities and uncovering the inherent precarity of sustained resistance in increasingly authoritarian environments.

本文考察了全波兰妇女罢工的轨迹（Ogólnopolski Strajk Kobiet， OSK），解释了性别民主倒退的集体创伤如何转化为政治赋权及其随后的衰落。该研究采用了一个综合的理论框架，结合了女权主义赋权理论和资源动员理论，并利用了武装冲突地点和事件数据项目（ACLED）的抗议事件数据，追踪了从2020年10月到2023年12月的运动动态。结果显示了两个不同的阶段：以大规模集体和心理赋权为特征的群众动员的最初高潮，以及随后的长期剥夺赋权阶段。OSK持续行动能力的下降与不断升级的国家镇压有关，镇压系统地耗尽了该运动的人力、物力、社会组织和道德资源。这种资源侵蚀逐渐削弱了参与者的心理能动性，限制了运动的战略选择。该研究的结论是，民主倒退的性别动态矛盾地发挥着两种作用，一种是通过加剧不满来促进最初的动员，另一种是通过系统地破坏集体行动的基本条件和侵蚀参与者的心理弹性和能动性来阻碍持续抵抗。民主倒退构成了对公民行动的社会和心理基础设施的适应性攻击，系统地缩小了政治机会，并揭示了在日益专制的环境中持续抵抗的内在不稳定性。

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Gender-based violence and the cultural ethos of Pashtunwali: A qualitative study of Pashtun women in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan 性别暴力与普什图瓦里人的文化气质：巴基斯坦开伯尔-普赫图赫瓦省普什图妇女的定性研究

IF 1.9 3区社会学 Q2 WOMENS STUDIES

Womens Studies International Forum

Pub Date : 2025-10-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2025.103214

Kashif Iqbal , Hu Liang , Zafar Khan

This study aimed to examine the Pashtunwali, a traditional cultural code of conduct, and its role in gender-based violence by studying Pashtun women residing in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Honor stands as the core idea in Pashtunwali, which serves both as a cause and a justification for the violence that women experience in this specific context. The study employed a qualitative research methodology by conducting in-depth interviews with Pashtun women who shared their first-hand experiences regarding violence as well as cultural practices and strategies for resistance amid patriarchal influences. The study findings demonstrated that Pashtunwali values underpin gender-based violence and gender inequality alongside the subordination of women, which deeply affect women during their entire lives. Traditional justice systems (jirgas), together with the formal legal system, maintain dual functions while failing to shield women from abuse because Pashtun society maintains deep-rooted patriarchal values. The purposeful combination of legal system changes and cultural restructuring alongside gender-aware policies represents essential methods to manage GBV appropriately. The research expands current knowledge regarding cultural norms and gender violence because it details the complicated relationship between gender-based practices and patriarchal traditions with legal institutions. Stakeholders need to implement a multi-tiered strategy to fight GBV that integrates the transformation of laws and the development of gender-sensitive guidelines and educational programs that work to combat entrenched cultural elements endorsing violence. The study serves as a foundation for future research about cultural and gender interactions with violence, which enables essential knowledge to develop community-based interventions and policy strategies.

本研究旨在通过研究居住在巴基斯坦开伯尔-普赫图赫瓦省的普什图妇女，研究传统文化行为准则“普什图瓦里”及其在性别暴力中的作用。荣誉是普什图瓦里的核心理念，它既是女性在这种特殊背景下遭受暴力的原因，也是正当性。该研究采用了定性研究方法，对普什图妇女进行了深入访谈，她们分享了关于暴力的第一手经验，以及在父权影响下的文化习俗和抵抗策略。研究结果表明，普什图瓦里价值观支持基于性别的暴力和性别不平等，以及妇女的从属地位，这深深地影响了妇女的一生。传统的司法制度（支尔格会议）与正式的法律制度保持着双重功能，但由于普什图社会维持着根深蒂固的父权价值观，因此未能保护妇女免受虐待。有目的地将法律制度变革和文化重组与性别意识政策结合起来，是适当管理性别暴力的基本方法。这项研究扩展了目前关于文化规范和性别暴力的知识，因为它详细说明了基于性别的实践和父权传统与法律制度之间的复杂关系。利益攸关方需要实施打击性别暴力的多层次战略，包括修改法律、制定对性别问题有敏感认识的指导方针和教育方案，以打击支持暴力的根深蒂固的文化因素。这项研究为今后关于文化和性别与暴力的相互作用的研究奠定了基础，使基本知识能够用于制定基于社区的干预措施和政策战略。

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Technology-facilitated gender-based violence: Categorizing and understanding sexual abuse against women ridesharing drivers 技术促进的基于性别的暴力：对女性拼车司机的性虐待进行分类和理解

IF 1.9 3区社会学 Q2 WOMENS STUDIES

Womens Studies International Forum

Pub Date : 2025-09-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2025.103197

Jocelyn Elise Crowley

This analysis explores technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV) through the voices and experiences of women ridesharing drivers in the United States. Dominant companies in the ridesharing industry have developed a taxonomy of sexual abuse for the safety reports that they issue to the public; however, these documents are limited in terms of their quantitative nature and the number/types of incidents that they publish. To understand the full nature of this problem, this project recruited participants using social media advertising to complete an online, anonymous survey related to their sexually violent experiences. Using qualitative content analysis methods with a deductive approach to study the 55 surveys of mostly women ridesharing drivers (53 women and 2 non-binary individuals) who described 150 cases of sexual abuse from primarily male passengers, this research placed their experiences in the pre-established taxonomy categories created by the major ridesharing companies, but also allowed other types of categories to emerge organically from the data. Results show instances of sexual misconduct most commonly, with the most prevalent categories from the taxonomy being explicit comments; soliciting sexual acts; and asking personal questions. With respect to sexual assault, the most common categories from the taxonomy were non-consensual touching of a non-sexual body part; attempted touching of a non-sexual body part; and non-consensual touching of a sexual body part. This analysis concludes by noting the limitations of these public safety reports and the importance of broadening the conceptualization of TFGBV to include the experiences of women drivers.

本分析通过美国女性拼车司机的声音和经历探讨了技术促进的基于性别的暴力（TFGBV）。在拼车行业占主导地位的公司已经为它们向公众发布的安全报告制定了一套性虐待分类；然而，这些文件在数量性质和所公布事件的数量/类型方面是有限的。为了全面了解这个问题的本质，这个项目招募了使用社交媒体广告的参与者来完成一项与他们的性暴力经历相关的在线匿名调查。本研究采用定性内容分析方法和演绎方法，研究了55项调查，其中大部分是女性拼车司机（53名女性和2名非二元个体），他们描述了150起主要来自男性乘客的性虐待案件，将他们的经历置于主要拼车公司创建的预先建立的分类类别中，但也允许从数据中有机地出现其他类型的类别。结果显示，不当性行为是最常见的，分类中最普遍的类别是露骨的评论；引诱性行为的；问一些私人问题。就性侵犯而言，分类法中最常见的类别是未经同意触摸非性身体部位；试图触摸非性的身体部位；以及在未经同意的情况下触摸身体性感部位。最后，本分析指出了这些公共安全报告的局限性，以及扩大对性别暴力的概念化，将女性司机的经历纳入其中的重要性。

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Unpacking gendered challenges and coping strategies: A qualitative study on female educational leadership in Nepal 拆解性别挑战与应对策略：尼泊尔女性教育领导的质性研究

IF 1.9 3区社会学 Q2 WOMENS STUDIES

Womens Studies International Forum

Pub Date : 2025-09-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2025.103216

Jeevan Khanal , Archana Singh , Yongzhong Jiang

Existing literature on female educational leadership is predominantly Western, neglecting Global South perspectives. This study addresses that gap by exploring the challenges Nepali women face in achieving leadership roles and their strategies for overcoming them. Through interviews with seven female leaders, it explores how they navigate systemic gender disparities, including limited education access, post-marriage societal expectations, and patriarchal barriers. Findings reveal that women succeed through resilience, self-efficacy, and managing their professional, domestic, and community duties. By centering these Nepali experiences, the study enriches global discourse and suggests pathways to empower women in similar contexts.

关于女性教育领导力的现有文献主要是西方的，忽视了全球南方的观点。本研究通过探讨尼泊尔妇女在实现领导角色方面面临的挑战及其克服这些挑战的策略来解决这一差距。通过对七位女性领导人的采访，本书探讨了她们如何应对系统性的性别差异，包括有限的受教育机会、婚后的社会期望和父权障碍。研究结果表明，女性通过韧性、自我效能以及管理好自己的职业、家庭和社区责任而取得成功。通过集中这些尼泊尔经验，该研究丰富了全球话语，并提出了在类似背景下赋予妇女权力的途径。

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Exploring the links between patriarchy, informal networks, and corruption tolerance: Evidence from Kazakhstan 探讨父权制、非正式网络和腐败容忍之间的联系：来自哈萨克斯坦的证据

IF 1.9 3区社会学 Q2 WOMENS STUDIES

Womens Studies International Forum

Pub Date : 2025-09-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2025.103213

Sejin Koo

While numerous studies suggest women are less corrupt than men, recent debates highlight the context-dependent nature of this relationship and question whether gender differences persist when opportunities and networks are equalized. This study investigates the micro-level link between patriarchal power structures and corruption using the case of Kazakhstan, a patrimonial nation characterized by entrenched traditional gender norms and pervasive corruption. Analyzing survey data from college students, we show that individual beliefs about gender roles and mobilizable personal networks through which corrupt exchanges can occur—rather than sex per se—predict tolerance of corruption. These findings challenge the notion of women as inherently less corrupt and underscore the importance of addressing patriarchal norms in anti-corruption strategies.

虽然许多研究表明女性比男性更不腐败，但最近的争论强调了这种关系的环境依赖性质，并质疑当机会和网络平等时，性别差异是否仍然存在。本研究以哈萨克斯坦为例，探讨了父权制权力结构与腐败之间的微观联系。哈萨克斯坦是一个以根深蒂固的传统性别规范和普遍腐败为特征的世袭制国家。通过分析大学生的调查数据，我们发现，个人对性别角色和可调动的个人网络的信念（而不是性别本身）可以预测腐败的容忍度。这些发现挑战了女性天生不那么腐败的观念，并强调了在反腐败战略中解决父权制规范的重要性。

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Weaving resistance: Gendered labor and solidarity in a rural workshop in Turkey 编织抵抗：土耳其农村车间的性别劳动和团结

IF 1.9 3区社会学 Q2 WOMENS STUDIES

Womens Studies International Forum

Pub Date : 2025-09-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2025.103206

Yeliz Kendir Gök

This ethnographic study examines gendered labor and everyday resistance in a now-defunct carpet weaving workshop in the Anatolian village of Bizim Kız, Turkey. Drawing on Marxist feminist theory and James C. Scott's concept of the “hidden transcript,” the research is based on oral history interviews with two generations of women weavers. While men-controlled profits and market access, women bore the burden of production, yet within this asymmetrical structure, they developed subtle yet potent strategies of resistance. Tactics such as slowing production, inserting intentional weaving mistakes, bodily complaints, ironic nicknames for male supervisors, and the refusal to grant helallik (moral forgiveness) functioned as culturally intelligible acts of dissent. These practices reveal how women navigated patriarchal control not through open confrontation but via silence, humor, and mutual recognition. After the workshop's closure, women continued to resist their erasure from official memory by creating vernacular archives of labor through oral narratives, photographs, and social media testimony. Investment in daughters' education emerged as a form of intergenerational redirection, a quiet but transformative feminist strategy reframing maternal sacrifice as resistance. By revealing how agency is expressed through gestures, memory, and moral refusal, this study contributes to transnational feminist labor scholarship and challenges dominant paradigms of political resistance. It positions women's labor not only as an economic act but as a site of cultural negotiation, ethical protest, and historical meaning-making.

这项民族志研究考察了土耳其比济姆Kız的安纳托利亚村一个现已废弃的地毯编织车间的性别劳动和日常抵抗。借鉴马克思主义女权主义理论和詹姆斯·c·斯科特（James C. Scott）的“隐藏文本”（hidden transcript）概念，本研究基于对两代女织工的口述历史采访。虽然男性控制着利润和市场准入，但女性承担着生产的负担，但在这种不对称的结构中，她们制定了微妙而有力的抵抗策略。放慢生产速度、故意插入编织错误、身体抱怨、给男性主管起讽刺的绰号，以及拒绝给予道德宽恕等策略，都是文化上可以理解的不同意见行为。这些实践揭示了女性如何通过沉默、幽默和相互承认而不是公开对抗来驾驭父权控制。工作坊关闭后，妇女们继续抵制自己从官方记忆中被抹去，她们通过口头叙述、照片和社交媒体证词创建了当地的劳动档案。对女儿教育的投资是代际重定向的一种形式，是一种安静但具有变革意义的女权主义策略，将母亲的牺牲重新塑造为抵抗。通过揭示代理是如何通过手势、记忆和道德拒绝来表达的，本研究为跨国女权主义劳动学术做出了贡献，并挑战了政治抵抗的主流范式。它不仅将女性劳动定位为一种经济行为，而且将其定位为文化谈判、伦理抗议和历史意义创造的场所。

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