Beyond Dualism: Leading Out of Oppression

PURPOSE: To reexamine our beliefs about our gender identity in order to identify new possibilities for leading in nursing. SOURCES OF INFORMATION: Leadership is complex. This article is the result of a lengthy iterative process of exploring the empowerment, image, leadership, feminist, and oppression literature. All of this was distilled in the context of the author's experience as a nurse and nurse leader. CONCLUSIONS: Moving beyond dualism creates new possibilities for leading nurses out of oppression. Search terms: Nurse, nursing, empowerment, image, leadership, feminism, gender, Strasen's model, queer theory, conscientizacao, groundlessness, residing at the border, human relationship