Field Of Gender Studies Research Articles

Какая гендерная теория нужна российской социальной психологии

<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Objective</strong>. The article problematizes the theoretical field of gender studies and the concept of “gender”, which are currently vulnerable in the socio-political context. The aim of the article is to determine the range of theories of Russian psychologists capable of solving topical issues in the field of gender social psychology outside of a politically conflicting discourse. <br><strong>Background</strong>. According to political theory, psychological knowledge can become a guide for political practice, this area of political science is called biopolitics. The constructivist theoretical field of gender studies belongs to the field of biopolitics; in Western gender theory, the deconstruction of gender is allowed not only as a social phenomenon, but also as a change in biological sex. Moreover, the possibility of deconstructing gender and sex is currently determined by political practice, not by psychological or psychiatric indications. The use of Western gender theory and the concept of “gender” in political conflicts pushes Russian social psychology to search for a theory based on the concepts of Russian psychologists focused on the analysis of the socio-psychological reality of gender relations. <br><strong>Results</strong>. The article emphasizes the impossibility of the reverse movement of science and the choice of the gender-role approach as outdated, not responding to the needs of modernity. Three theories are called productive and adequate to modern problems: the cultural-historical theory of L.S. Vygotsky, the subject-activity approach of S.L. Rubinstein, the theory of relations by V.N. Myasishchev. The concept of gender relations by I.S. Kletsina, one of the most popular modern concepts of gender in Russian psychology. <strong>Conclusions</strong>. Gender psychology is a new branch of social psychology, which turned out to be vulnerable to political initiatives in a period of socio-political instability. The search for new theoretical constructs and the educational activity of psychologists in the biopolitical field will help gender psychology overcome the crisis period.</p>

Wailing Women: Kenyan Prayer Warriors and the Animating Grounds of Emotions

ABSTRACT In Pentecostal and Charismatic movements, women are generally positioned or perceived as prayer warriors. This image is in sharp contrast to their perceived agency as “weaker vessels”, which relegates them to the margins in terms of leadership and preaching. A prayer warrior is a metaphor for strength, evoking a spiritual battle with the enemy, the devil, whose essence is to wage war against Christians. Using a grounded methodology approach, I will dissect the social-cultural elements that view women as weak vessels, yet present them as prayer warriors who engage with spiritual forces. Daughters of Zion, an urban Pentecostal women’s movement, features as a case study due to its reputation for summoning women to pray. The group uses the term “wailing women” to describe the participants in their prayer assemblies. The women engage in intense prayers while sitting, running, and even lying prostrate, addressing domestic and personal issues. The research delves into the concept of women as “prayer warriors”, employing “wailing” as their battle weapon, a form of emotional expression that serves as a unique source of spiritual strength. The study contributes to the growing field of gender studies and how religious contexts understand and value women’s emotional sensitivities.

Overview of Symbolic Violence: A Review of the Literature

Objective: This study aims to investigate the literature on symbolic violence over the past decade, with the purpose of understanding its nature and manifestations in contemporary society. Theoretical Framework: Within the context of gender studies and the increasing political impact of feminism, symbolic violence is defined as the subjugation of individuals to others through processes of socialization that naturalize power relations. These relations, based on asymmetries such as gender, become unquestionable, providing a solid foundation for research on symbolic violence. Method: A systematic review of scientific productivity on symbolic violence was conducted by tracing databases such as Scopus and Web of Science. Research articles published between 2013 and 2023 in English and Spanish, and with full access, were considered. Results and Discussion: It was found that both material and symbolic structures serve as bases for symbolic violence against women, legitimizing within contemporary patriarchal society. These findings are discussed in relation to the theoretical framework, highlighting identified implications and relationships, as well as potential discrepancies and limitations of the study. Research Implications: Practical and theoretical implications of the study are discussed, providing insights into how the results can influence practices in the field of gender studies and the fight against gender-based violence. These implications could encompass public policies, educational programs, and community actions. Originality/Value: This study contributes to the literature by highlighting the persistence and complexity of symbolic violence in contemporary society. The relevance and value of this research are evidenced by its ability to inform and guide interventions aimed at combating gender-based violence and promoting equity and social justice.

Inhabiting the in-between: walls, bridges and interstices in our feminist academic practice

ABSTRACT In this text, with an autobiographical methodology, we consider what it has meant for us to position ourselves as feminists in academia, inhabiting research lines and spaces in the field of Gender Studies. In our context, where universities are divided into teaching departments based on areas of knowledge, placing ourselves in a peripheral, subordinate field such as that which is termed Gender and/or Feminist Studies, as well as involving a dual task, this has positioned us at times as ‘traitors’ to our fields of knowledge. In this paper, we aim to go beyond analyses demonstrating the subordinate place women occupy in universities to explore how, although situating ourselves in this in–between place resulted in a dual task and has been a source of conflict, it has also been a space of escape (from the hierarchies which are the backbone of departments) and of oxygen (by enabling dialogue between knowledge and disciplines from our ethnographic perspective).

Modern high school handbook: analysis of sexism and gender stereotype

The article is focusing on one of the most important problems of gender studies — the creation of modern methodological and curricular support for the educational process in higher education. The author analyses the experience of teaching the elective course ‘Gender Studies’ for Bachelor’s students majoring in Primary Education at the Faculty of Pedagogical Education of Borys Grinchenko Kyiv Metropolitan University. This course is practice-based and aims to prepare pre-service teachers to address gender issues in the educational process. Teaching this course raised questions about the content of higher education textbooks and their analysis concerning sexism and gender stereotypes. The author recognizes that textbooks on gender issues are currently linked to certain courses: gender psychology, gender sociology, gender pedagogy, gender journalism, etc. However, according to the author, a modern textbook should be comprehensive and based on the latest scientific research, deep interdisciplinary connections, and contemporary practice. The article defines the main characteristics of a modern textbook in general and gender studies, in particular: it should be comprehensive in terms of analysis when it comes to sexism and gender stereotypes, regardless of the specialty; the content of any textbook should be based on scholarly research in the field of gender studies; the textbook should show deep interdisciplinary connections; the formation of critical thinking of students is the main goal of any modern textbook, regardless of the specialty it is written for; without the use of interactive teaching methods, it is impossible to create a modern textbook. The article also discusses approaches and methods for analyzing textbooks for sexism and gender stereotypes. The author pays special attention to hidden discrimination in the curricula on gender equality of students and schoolchildren

“We Are the Beaker Mums”

This article sustains that children’s literature has the potential to legitimise and subvert dominant motherhood ideologies. Drawing on feminist motherhood theory in the fields of gender studies and children’s literature, this article critically analyses the influence of New Momism in Jacqueline Wilson’s Tracy Beaker series (1991–2019), contributing to a body of research on these acclaimed books for children. New Momism is an ideological movement which romanticises motherhood and sets highly demanding, impossible-to-meet standards of motherhood (Douglas and Adams 4). New Momist ideology resulted in a series of mother stereotypes advanced by the media, such as the “celebrity mum”, the “welfare mother” and the “supermum”. Mother characters in the Tracy Beaker novels are analysed against these stereotypes to ascertain to what extent their existence is supported or disavowed. This article is divided into two sections that coincide with the two sequences of the series. The first focuses on the two main mother characters: Carly, Tracy’s biological mother, and Cam, Tracy’s foster mother. The second part focuses on the character of Tracy as a mother and how her socio-economic background affects her experience of mothering. The presence of mother stereotypes such as the celebrity mum and the welfare mother demonstrate how New Momist ideas are embedded in the text. However, these patriarchal ideas of motherhood are also undermined in the novels, most notably through the challenge of mother stereotypes, the dismissal of the mother ideal and the portrayal of diverse motherhood experiences. Finally, an evolution in the treatment of motherhood throughout the years can be observed in the series, with the most recent novels presenting a more progressive perspective on working-class motherhood and female sexuality.

Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men

Caroline Criado Perez's "Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men" addresses a pervasive issue of gender data bias and its far-reaching implications in various spheres of society. Through a meticulously researched and thought-provoking analysis, Perez sheds light on the historical, cultural, and systemic factors that have contributed to this data gap. This academic book review examines the key arguments, strengths, and contributions of "Invisible Women," while also evaluating its impact on the broader field of gender studies and policy-making.

Editorial Introduction to New Directions in Gender Research

There have been many transformations in intellectual scope, in theories and methods, which have also marked research in the field of gender studies [...]

Ordinary Moments

This autoethnographic piece presents a series of “feminist notes from the academy” collected and fashioned while watching the ordinary moments of life in a contemporary Australian university pass by. The affective and feminist works of Virginia Woolf and Kathleen Stewart locate this article creatively and critically to document the “somethings” that happen day in and day out. The question asked by Virginia Woolf in 1943 in Three Guineas about the terms on which we have joined the academic procession of men are as relevant now as they were then, and each short autoethnographic note aims to bring sharply into view what it is we are against and what it is we stand for as feminists in the academy today. Niggling at the edges of this piece, however, is my positioning as a white-settler-colonial-cis-gendered-feminist woman in the academy, the relevancy of Virginia Woolf’s wondering and writing about the status of women through a different kind of feminist lens, and indeed, the capacity of autoethnography to get down to the roots of this dilemma as it is being played out in the fields of Gender Studies today.

THE THEME OF MOTHERHOOD IN THE POETRY BY ANNE SEXTON, SYLVIA PLATH AND ADRIENNE RICH

The article deals with the theme of motherhood in the poetry of the twentieth-century American writers Anne Sexton, Sylvia Plath, and Adrienne Rich. Particular attention is paid to the analysis of images that reveal various aspects of motherhood: a pregnant woman, an infertile woman, a mother and her child, a woman after a miscarriage or abortion, a creative woman, a woman poet, etc. The theme of motherhood in the poetry of A. Sexton, S. Plath, A. Rich is considered in close connection with the theme of creativity and marriage.The theoretical basis of the study is the works of Y. Kristeva, Diane Wood Middlebrook, Marilyn Yalom, Wendy Martin, Sandra M. Gilbert, Susan Gubar, which made it possible to define the concepts of women's writing and text, female subject, and female creativity. The analysis focuses on the reflection of the theme of motherhood by a creative personality, as well as on the unveiling of some gender stereotypes regarding the motif of maternal love, a happy family and marriage. The paper considers contemporary works of feminist studies and developments in the field of gender studies.

Meaningful “Protests” in the Kitchen: An Interview with Judith Butler

Judith Butler’s work represents a major contribution to contemporary theoretical criticism.At the same time, she has been an influential political activist for more than twenty years. Butler is, at the present, Maxine Elliot Professor in the Departments of Rhetoric and Comparative Literature and the Co-director of the Program of Critical Theory at the University of California, Berkeley. She has been professor at Wesleyan University and John Hopkins University. Her work has significantly influenced the fields of gender studies, feminism, political philosophy and ethics. Her ideas are at the origin of what today is known as Queer Theory, fundamentally a performative theory, according to which sex and sexuality, rather than being something natural, are, like gender, something culturally constructed. Butler’s proposition is the de-naturalization of concepts such as sex, gender, desire, as long as they are understood as constructions that constitute cultural norms which force and violate the will of all those subjects who do not conform to them.

Young people’s digitally-networked bodies: the changing possibilities of what a gendered body can be, do and become online

ABSTRACT Drawing on data from creative and visual group interviews undertaken in 2018 with five LGBTQ+ young people aged 15–18 years old in the South Wales valleys, this paper explores the gendered experiences of the body online. In line with wider research, participants illustrated that commodified gendered and sexualized norms were intensified online through the everyday forceful intrusion of idealized bodies and abusive body-shaming comments. However, they also pointed to the role of food and pet content in experiences of embodied pleasure and feeling good online. Inspired by feminist posthuman and new materialist scholarship, this paper examines how food and pet photography plugs into masculinizing and feminizing bodily assemblages. In so doing, it not only makes an empirical contribution to the field of gender studies, but also offers a contribution to the methodological literature by developing a theoretically informed approach, which expands the boundaries of what a gendered body may be, do and become online.

Gender, Race, and Power in the Indian Reform Movement: Revisiting the History of the WNIA ed. by Valerie Sherer Mathes

Reviewed by: Gender, Race, and Power in the Indian Reform Movement: Revisiting the History of the WNIA ed. by Valerie Sherer Mathes Jessica O’Rourke Gender, Race, and Power in the Indian Reform Movement: Revisiting the History of the WNIA. Edited by Valerie Sherer Mathes. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2020. 284 pp. Illustrations, bibliography, index. $65.00 cloth. Gender, Race, and Power in the Indian Reform Movement is a collection of nine essays aimed at evaluating the Women’s National Indian Association (WNIA) through the broader lenses of intersectional gender, race, identity, and power. The WNIA has historically been criticized for being “too narrowly Christian and middle-class in its ambitions.” Mathes’s collection complicates this oversimplified criticism by acknowledging the “dedicated, practical, and hardworking citizens” within the WNIA who pushed for positive reforms in the late nineteenth century (xii–xiii). In addition to Mathes, Albert L. Hurtado, Jane Simonsen, John M. Rhea, Curtis M. Hinsley, Phil Brigandi, David Wallace Adams, and Lori Jacobson also contribute essays which examine the trends and examples of the WNIA’s history, including its key members and their personal contributions to the Indian reform movement and the role of the WNIA in the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893. In one excerpt, Mathes also examines the relationship between the WNIA and Californian Indians in their joint endeavor to secure land sovereignty. This text utilizes power as a lens for evaluating gender history. Collectively, these authors argue that deeper understandings of the WNIA—as well as the field of gender studies—can be obtained through “reuniting the history of the WNIA and the individuals connected to it to broader themes of intersectionality, relational history, and intimacy” (20). This anthology also seeks to provide agency to Indigenous women by privileging their perspectives, which are often overshadowed by the Euro-American presence in the WNIA. Contributing authors also emphasize the agency demonstrated by women across the racial divide while still being subject to male-dominated reform movements. Mathes’s essay, titled “A Place at the Table: The Women’s National Indian Association in the Indian Reform Arena,” observes cross-gender interactions between WNIA women and their male counterparts who largely maintained control over the political sphere (98). Gender, Race, and Power in the Indian Reform Movement successfully contributes to scholarship that rejects traditional identity binaries and embraces the intersection of gender and race. This collection is an important read for audiences with a foundational knowledge of Indigenous history but will be especially helpful to readers seeking information on the gendered and racialized experience of Indigenous women during the late nineteenth century. It is an especially beneficial text for students and scholars alike looking to better understand the role of the WNIA in shaping Indigenous reforms. [End Page 358] Jessica O’Rourke Department of History Washington State University Copyright © 2023 Center for Great Plains Studies, University of Nebraska–Lincoln

PEDAGOGIA É “COISA DE MULHER”? ESTEREÓTIPOS DE GÊNERO E MASCULINIDADES NA DOCÊNCIA COM CRIANÇAS

The present article aims to analyze the perception of male teachers, managers, and Pedagogy students about teaching children. The qualitative research had as methodological strategy the application of a questionnaire, with semi-structured questions. For the analysis, we used the post-structuralist theoretical contribution from the field of gender studies and masculinities. The results of the research indicate a resistance of women, at least initially, to men who choose the Pedagogy course. We also indicate that the teaching work with children is permeated with prejudice, such as, for example, regarding hygienization. This creates and highlights the stereotype of the pedophile man, since the male body is culturally fixed to violence, as a dangerous identity that would affect male teaching. This, then, becomes an element of distrust and exclusion of the teacher in this type of care with children.Keywords: Gender. Masculinities. Men's Teaching. Stereotypes. Childhood.

Effect of Harassment on the Educational Success of Elementary School Students in District Sialkot, Punjab

Purpose: The major objective of the study was to find the effect of harassment on the educational success of elementary school students in both public and private schools in Punjab.
 Design/Methodology/Approach: The study was quantitative in nature. The study's population included all the students enrolled in Punjab's public and private elementary schools. The sample of the study was 195 students from four primary schools (two public and two private) in the district of Sialkot, Punjab, who were selected randomly. The data was gathered using a self-developed questionnaire with a reliability index of 0.89 (Cronbach's Alpha) that contained 27 items on a three-point Likert type scale (No, To some extent, Yes) based on statements evoking students’ thoughts on harassment. A panel of three professionals in the fields of Gender Studies and Special Education verified the questionnaire.
 Findings: Major findings revealed that harassment has a negative impact on students' educational success in the private sector in general and in the public sector in particular.
 Implications/Originality/Value: Government and school administration can take bulling prevention initiatives with a focus on raising awareness of the problem and enforcing sanctions.

Gender Performativity in Perumal Murugan’s Estuary

Purpose of the study: The study aims to trace how the author has portrayed the characters in ways that they perform in specific ways to generate various effects that determine their gender roles. It aims to map gender performativity in the novel Estuary by close reading and analysing the acts and dialogues of the characters from a cultural context.
 Methodology: Qualitative analysis of the text was done to derive the findings. The text was subjected to close reading. The points relevant to the concept of gender performativity were highlighted using a pencil. The points were neatly organized and classified using a notebook. The points were developed into an essay by using critical thinking. Views from other disciplines such as psychology are incorporated making the study an interdisciplinary one.
 Main Findings: Though Perumal Murugan alters the stereotypical gender roles of Meghas’ parents at specific points in the novel, he reinforces them a more significant number of times than when he changes them. With his sarcasm as a tool, he supports Kumarasurar and Mangasuri as typical Indian parents of the 21st century, thereby stereotyping them in the novel.
 Applications of the study: This study will be useful in the fields of gender studies, cultural studies, domestic studies, the study of 21st century Tamil culture, South Asian studies, South Indian culture, etc.
 Novelty/Originality of the study: The study jots down the various ways in which gender is performed by a typical Tamil couple. Translated Tamil novels are rarely studied using the emerging literary theories including gender performativity. As the present analysis of the novel breaks down how gender is performed by the characters, it contributes to the field of gender studies as well as research on Tamil novels translated to English.

Intersecciones y entrecruzamientos. Transitando de binarismos a pluralidades

The manuscript presents a review of the theoretical perspectives on intersections and crossings which have opened up discussion on intersections, hybridities, mixtures and fluidities. To the existing field of gender studies, feminists, masculinities and LGTBIQ+, we propose to add the theoretical trajectories of crossing in order to open them up to dialogue, and to apply them in dialogue critically and creatively. We review intellectual proposals from different areas of knowledge: Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw, Néstor García Canclini, Hommi Bhabha and Nancy Fraser; our aim is to tension the sex- gender normativities which prevail in our cultural order, and which are the basis on which the pluralities which form a part of social life are excluded. The works referred to share this critical attitude to binary thinking: a de-idealisation of the pure, the native, identity, fixedness, the monolithic subject. They do not believe in the fixed categories of modernity, but share the perspective of dynamism, flows and the permanent reconfiguration of otherness/alterity. Our reading of intellectuals translates into some proposals – and questions – to extend the theoretical-conceptual corpus in the field of gender studies.

Meta‐gender‐study: A Gender Study of Global Distribution on Gender Studies

AbstractThe purpose of this study is to explore the gender distribution of researchers in the field of gender studies. We used bibliometrics methods on a dataset of gender studies from Web of Science between 2007 and 2019. The results show that unlike other fields in scientific communities, gender studies are dominated by female researchers. The majorities of gender study communities come from North America and Europe, which are both dominated by female researchers.

Introduction: “The Unexpected Caribbean” Part II

Introduction: “The Unexpected Caribbean” Part II

POSTFEMINISM

In the age of all "post" and "meta" things, when there has been more and more debates about the death of traditional categories, feminism makes no exception. Postfeminism has been discussed since the last decade of the twentieth century, when feminism was pronounced dead (by analogy with the many deaths that were pronounced in the period), or else it was noted as suffering from an "identity crisis." The multifaceted nature of the term depends on its uses in literary studies, academia, politics, and popular culture, respectively. It is part of the vocabulary and theories of feminist scholars working in the fields of gender studies, film studies and media criticism. Traditional feminism gives way to postfeminism. That is why the article deals with today's debates about the distinctions that postfeminism makes, declaring either that traditional feminism has failed or, on the contrary, that it has achieved all goals of its struggle and today there is no place for the topic of women's rights. The text also focuses on the links between postfeminism and popular culture, media, cinema, defending the ideology of successful women, of eternally young women. With its frequent emphasis on luxurious lifestyle, everyday pleasures and the small things in life, postfeminism is fully integrated into economic discourses and new market niches in Western societies.