IF 2.5 1区 社会学 Q1 POLITICAL SCIENCE Social Movement Studies Pub Date : 2022-06-13 DOI:10.1080/14742837.2022.2086114
Susanne Y. P. Choi
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本文以香港反引渡法案运动为研究对象,运用做性别和不做性别的概念,探讨女性前线抗议者所遇到的障碍和她们所采取的策略。它表明,将高风险的行动主义和体力与男性气概联系起来的刻板印象,将前线与高风险的逮捕和受伤以及与警察的身体对抗联系起来,意味着前线被标记为男性领域。然而,这一运动的无领导特征促进了女性跨越这一话语标记的性别界限。一旦上了前线,女性就走上了不同的道路。由于抗议者之间的性别互动,一些人开始从事被认为风险较小、更符合女性气质的任务。另一方面,有经验、有机会获得社会支持和指导的女性获得了承担被视为“男性化”任务所需的信心,从而消除了女性缺乏一线抗议能力的性别刻板印象。调查结果表明,女性在社会运动中为自己的性别负责时,面临着持续的挑战。同时,他们还认为,女性在社会运动中的性别行为并非不可避免,而是取决于社会背景和互动。某些因素,如运动的无领导特征和同伴的支持和指导,可以促进性别边界的跨越和中和性别互动。反过来,这又允许性别在社会运动中被取消,并促进妇女的参与
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Doing and undoing gender: women on the frontline of Hong Kong’s anti-extradition bill movement
ABSTRACT Focusing on the anti-extradition bill movement in Hong Kong, this paper employs the concepts of doing and undoing gender to investigate the barriers that female frontline protesters encountered and the strategies they adopted. It shows that stereotypes linking high-risk activism and physical prowess with masculinity, the association of the frontline with high risks of arrest and injuries, and physical confrontation with the police meant that the frontline was marked discursively as a male domain. However, the leaderless characteristic of the movement facilitated women crossing this discursively marked gender boundary. Once on the frontline, women took different paths. Some began to do gender by taking on tasks that were considered less risky and more compatible with femininity because of the gendered interactions amongst protesters. On the other hand, women with experience, and access to social support and mentorship gained the confidence they needed to take on tasks that were seen as ‘masculine’, and thus undoing the gender stereotype that women lacked the capacity for frontline protest. The findings illustrate the continuous challenge women face as they are held accountable for their gender in social movements. At the same time, they also suggest that women’s doing of gender in social movements is not inevitable, but contingent on social contexts and interactions. Certain factors such as the leaderless characteristic of a movement and peer support and mentorship can facilitate gender boundary crossing and neutralize gendered interactions. These, in turn, allow gender to be undone in social movements and promote women’s participation
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