Styðjandi og mengandi kvenleiki innan áru kynjajafnréttis
Femininity is socially constructed and takes different shapes in different social contexts. The article discusses emphasized femininity, a concept related to Connell‘s hegemonic masculinity, in the labour market and private life. The opposite of emphasized femininity is pariah femininity. Both conce...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:5c607cf4b8914ce4a82e97ca4c58d5a5 2023-05-15T16:50:26+02:00 Styðjandi og mengandi kvenleiki innan áru kynjajafnréttis Gyða Margrét Pétursdóttir 2012-04-01T00:00:00Z https://doaj.org/article/5c607cf4b8914ce4a82e97ca4c58d5a5 IS ice Icelandic Sociological Association http://www.thjodfelagid.is/index.php/Th/article/view/35/pdf https://doaj.org/toc/1670-875X https://doaj.org/toc/1670-8768 1670-875X 1670-8768 https://doaj.org/article/5c607cf4b8914ce4a82e97ca4c58d5a5 Íslenska þjóðfélagið: The Icelandic Society, Vol 3, Iss 1, Pp 5-18 (2012) Femininities gender equality Iceland public sphere private sphere Social sciences (General) H1-99 article 2012 ftdoajarticles 2022-12-31T08:46:22Z Femininity is socially constructed and takes different shapes in different social contexts. The article discusses emphasized femininity, a concept related to Connell‘s hegemonic masculinity, in the labour market and private life. The opposite of emphasized femininity is pariah femininity. Both concepts relate differently to the aura of gender equality. The aura of gender equality describes the social process, or phenomena, in which men and women convince themselves that equality reigns despite practical evidence indicating otherwise The analysis is based on an extensive qualitative research project addressing three sectors in the labour market: The City of Reykjavík workplaces, software firms, and fast-food restaurants, a supermarket and a gas station. Interviews were carried out among 48 employees and participant observations were conducted at 11 workplaces. The following question is posed: How does emphasized femininity facilitate women’s subordination? The results show that emphasized femininity is one of the prerequisites for staying within the aura of gender equality while pariah femininity contaminates the relationship between hegemonic masculinity and emphasized femininity and is therefore viewed dimly but is nevertheless able to facilitate real gender equality. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Reykjavík Reykjavík Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Reykjavík |
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Femininity is socially constructed and takes different shapes in different social contexts. The article discusses emphasized femininity, a concept related to Connell‘s hegemonic masculinity, in the labour market and private life. The opposite of emphasized femininity is pariah femininity. Both concepts relate differently to the aura of gender equality. The aura of gender equality describes the social process, or phenomena, in which men and women convince themselves that equality reigns despite practical evidence indicating otherwise The analysis is based on an extensive qualitative research project addressing three sectors in the labour market: The City of Reykjavík workplaces, software firms, and fast-food restaurants, a supermarket and a gas station. Interviews were carried out among 48 employees and participant observations were conducted at 11 workplaces. The following question is posed: How does emphasized femininity facilitate women’s subordination? The results show that emphasized femininity is one of the prerequisites for staying within the aura of gender equality while pariah femininity contaminates the relationship between hegemonic masculinity and emphasized femininity and is therefore viewed dimly but is nevertheless able to facilitate real gender equality. |
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Styðjandi og mengandi kvenleiki innan áru kynjajafnréttis |
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Styðjandi og mengandi kvenleiki innan áru kynjajafnréttis |
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