Women's Studies

Article Women's Studies

'A Revolt within a Revolt': Feminist Political Ideas in Chile's Social Uprising

Melany Cruz

Summary: This article analyzes the role of feminist activists and political ideas in Chile during the 2019 popular revolt. It highlights the central role of feminist collectives in organizing protests, promoting feminist ideas, and contributing to the mainstream public debate. The study identifies three dominant feminist political ideas during and after the revolt: autonomism as anti-neoliberal organizing, the resurgence of political-sexual violence, and the link between neoliberalism and the precarity of life. The article argues that the events in Chile represented a feminist revolt, aiming to advance feminist horizons as a central political idea.

FEMINIST REVIEW (2023)

Article Gerontology

Depression in older women who died by suicide: associations with other suicide contributors and suicide methods

Namkee G. Choi, C. Nathan Marti

Summary: This study examines the prevalence of depression in older female suicide decedents, the associations between depression and other suicide precursors, and the associations between suicide methods and depression. The findings highlight the importance of assessing and treating depression in preventing suicide among older women.

JOURNAL OF WOMEN & AGING (2023)

Review Communication

The Sounds of Blackness, HIP-HOP turns 50 - conference review

Kelly Parker

Summary: This review focuses on the intersection of feminism, Hip-Hop, and education, as well as the role of Black women in shaping Hip-Hop and influencing society's perceptions. It outlines the benefits of the conference and the wide range of topics covered.

FEMINIST MEDIA STUDIES (2023)

Article Communication

Traversing bodies and territories: feminist activism against digital violence

Marcela Suarez Estrada

Summary: This article analyzes how feminist collectives approach the internet as a feminist territory to defend it from violence. It argues that the internet can be conceptualized as a territory and presents evidence of current feminist strategies for defending digital territory. The article contributes to the theorization of the internet as a territory and expands the analysis of power relations and inequalities in feminist media studies.

FEMINIST MEDIA STUDIES (2023)

Article Communication

'Home-wreckers and their bastards must be partying in the sewer': discourses of wifeist antifeminism

Rong Wan

Summary: This article focuses on the prominent misogynistic discourse in Chinese cyberspace. Through online observations of debates surrounding feminist proposals, it identifies three misogynistic forces: married women, future brides, and lower-class men seeking wives. Each group opposes women's rights proposals in their own way. The article argues that upholding the patriarchal marriage institution comes at the cost of vilifying women, oversimplifying issues with unwed childbirth, and dismissing non-heterosexuality.

FEMINIST MEDIA STUDIES (2023)

Article Public, Environmental & Occupational Health

Organizational Leadership Gender Differences in Medical Schools and Affiliated Universities

William Wei, Zhenglun Cai, Jeffrey Ding, Saleh Fares, Amy Patel, Faisal Khosa

Summary: This study compares the gender compositions in the leadership of the top 25 medical schools in North America with their affiliated university senior leadership and other faculties. The findings reveal a greater under-representation of women in medical school leadership compared to the leadership of their affiliated universities. Additionally, the faculty of medicine has a higher male over-representation than the average of the other faculties.

JOURNAL OF WOMENS HEALTH (2023)

Article Communication

An analysis of Josh condom commercials: perspectives on female sexuality in Pakistani culture

Sakina Jangbar

Summary: Although sexuality is prominent in traditional Islam, it has become a taboo subject in Pakistan, particularly female sexuality. Prudish attitudes towards female sexuality not only contribute to population explosion but also impact women's health. This paper examines thirteen Josh condom commercials which were initially banned due to indecent content in Pakistan. The study explores how female sexuality is portrayed in the ads and identifies three common themes. By using Kenneth Burke's rhetorical theory, the paper argues that the commercials failed to resonate with viewers because they overlooked cultural views and social expectations on female sexuality. The conclusion highlights the importance of addressing social factors that restrict women's sexual and reproductive agency to effectively control the population growth. Additionally, commercials that reinforce blame on women can further harm them and fail in achieving the goal of population control.

FEMINIST MEDIA STUDIES (2023)

Article Economics

The Gender Happiness Gap in China: Composition Effect or Coefficient Effect?

Jidong Yang, Yunqi Zeng, Xianghong Wang

Summary: This study finds that women in China are happier than men mainly due to their higher positive responsiveness to happiness determinants. Women obtain happiness from education and spousal income, rather than personal income. The study also shows that the greater the income gap between husband and wife, the greater the gender happiness gap.

FEMINIST ECONOMICS (2023)

Article Management

Feminism in organization studies? It is a long story: A conversation between Silvia Gherardi and Lynne Baxter

Silvia Gherardi, Lynne F. Baxter

Summary: This paper is an edited version of a conversation between Silvia Gherardi and Lynne Baxter at the Inaugural Distinguished Speaker Event of the Gender, Materialities, and Activism Network. It discusses Professor Gherardi's interest in feminism and how it influences her work on organization studies and methodology, as well as her support for community development. Additionally, Professor Gherardi reflects on what the written text of the article loses compared to the multisensory verbal encounter in virtual space.

GENDER WORK AND ORGANIZATION (2023)

Article Management

Gender, vulnerabilities, and how the other becomes the otherer in academia

Esme Franken, Fleur Sharafizad, Kerry Brown

Summary: Drawing on the work of Judith Butler, this article explores the gendered experiences of women in Australian academia, focusing on the notion of vulnerability in/as resistance. Through an arts-based research method, the study identifies three key forms of vulnerabilities and examines how these vulnerabilities are navigated in the context of academia. The findings suggest that the masculine and highly individualized structures of academia play a role in shaping within-gender trouble. This study extends Butler's understanding of vulnerability in/as resistance by highlighting the fragmented and sometimes impermeable space between vulnerabilities and resistance.

GENDER WORK AND ORGANIZATION (2023)

Article Criminology & Penology

'I would love to do something about it': young men's role in addressing violence against women in Ireland

Robert Bolton, Claire Edwards, Maire Leane, Fiachra O. Suilleabhain

Summary: This article reports on the perception of young people and stakeholders working in the area of violence against women (VAW) in Ireland regarding young men's role in addressing VAW. Men are seen as well positioned to intervene as active bystanders and to engage in feminist allyship. However, various barriers and ethical concerns need to be addressed, such as the privileging of men's perspectives over women's, pluralistic ignorance, and a tendency for confrontational approaches. Given the presence of political forces that oppose feminist activism, it is crucial to address these issues.

JOURNAL OF GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE (2023)

Article Criminology & Penology

The Positive Aspects of Being the Parent of a Trans Child: Findings from Trans Pathways

Helen Morgan, Ashleigh Lin, Yael Perry, Angus Cook, Sam Winter, Vanessa Watson, Dani Wright Toussaint, Penelope Strauss

Summary: This study examines the positive experiences of parents raising trans children through data analysis and identifies several common themes, including personal growth, recognizing the strengths of the child, improving the parent-child relationship, positive changes in the child, and experiencing social connection and support. The findings have clinical implications for professionals working with parents of trans children, allowing them to better support and accept young people within an affirmative framework.

LGBTQ FAMILY-AN INTERDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL (2023)

Article Public, Environmental & Occupational Health

Post-traumatic stress disorder following childbirth: a neglected cause

Areeba Ahsan, Abdullah Nadeem, Ashna Habib, Areeba Aamir Ali Basaria, Rabeea Tariq, Nahid Raufi

Summary: Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following childbirth is a significant mental health risk for women globally, particularly in low-income countries. Women in these settings face unique challenges, including limited access to healthcare and social support, cultural norms, and stigma surrounding mental health. The lack of awareness and training among healthcare professionals in recognizing and treating postpartum PTSD is a major barrier. Therefore, raising public awareness, providing mental health support and resources, and integrating postpartum mental health into medical education are key to addressing these challenges.

FRONTIERS IN GLOBAL WOMENS HEALTH (2023)

Article Philosophy

What Does It Mean to Be an American? American Ignorance and Social Imagination of Citizenship

Saba Fatima

Summary: This article examines the epistemic response of Americans to torture used by their government and explores the mechanism of this response. It argues for accountability to create better epistemic environments for a meaningful shift in self-perception among Americans.

HYPATIA-A JOURNAL OF FEMINIST PHILOSOPHY (2023)

Article Psychology, Multidisciplinary

Anti-Racist Pedagogy as Activism: Cultivating Radical Healing and Liberation among Asian American Counseling and Psychology Students

Sapna B. Chopra, Yuying Tsong

Summary: The links between experiences of discrimination and mental health consequences among Asian Americans have been well established. Since the pandemic, anti-Asian racism and xenophobia have increased, leading to severe and long-lasting negative outcomes. Asian American mental health professionals are crucial in addressing the mental health needs of the community.

WOMEN & THERAPY (2023)

Article Philosophy

World-Traveling in Tule Canoes: Indigenous Philosophies of Language and an Ethic of Incommensurability

Shelbi Nahwilet Meissner

Summary: Indigenous language activists often discuss incommensurability, linking language and knowledge as integral elements of Indigenous ways of life that cannot be separated. According to these scholar-activists, what cannot be translated in Indigenous languages often reflects what is incomparable in Indigenous worlds. This article draws upon Indigenous language-reclamation work to outline a nonexhaustive taxonomy of incommensurability in Indigenous philosophy of language, and suggests ways in which coalition relationships can be built to accommodate different varieties of incommensurability.

HYPATIA-A JOURNAL OF FEMINIST PHILOSOPHY (2023)

Article Psychology, Multidisciplinary

Thank You Black Feminism: Ten Strategies to Foster Radical Healing (for Healers and Those in Need of Healing)

Pearis L. Jean, Della V. Mosley, Brittany Bridges, Koree Badio

Summary: The authors pay tribute to Black feminists and Black feminism for their impact on their lives. They challenge readers to examine the persistence of anti-Black racism in psychology and introduce ten strategies for resistance and prevention through radical healing based on their experiences and research on Black feminism. In addition to the strategies, readers are provided with next steps and recommendations for addressing anti-Black racism in psychology and promoting radical healing through Black feminism.

WOMEN & THERAPY (2023)

Article Business

It is competence first: executives navigating gender equality targets and meritocracy in technology companies

Susanna Bairoh

Summary: This study aims to understand how executives in technology companies relate to gender equality targets. The findings reveal that executives' responses can be categorized into endorsing, negotiating, and resisting, but all of these are constrained by their assumption of meritocracy, hindering women's advancement.

GENDER IN MANAGEMENT (2023)

Article Public, Environmental & Occupational Health

The effect of online training and counseling on women's attitudes and anxiety toward gynecological examination: A randomized controlled study

Belma Toptas Acar, Hilmiye Aksu

Summary: This study found that online training and counseling have a positive effect on women's attitudes and anxiety towards gynecological examination. It contributes to scientific knowledge by determining the factors that affect women's willingness to undergo gynecological examinations.

HEALTH CARE FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL (2023)

Article Management

The becoming of worker mothers: The untold narratives of an identity transition

Lucia Garcia-Lorenzo, Lorena Carrasco, Zehra Ahmed, Alice Morgan, Kim Sznajder, Leonie Eggert

Summary: Working mothers struggle to balance their care and work identities. Research shows that the transition into motherhood brings identity tensions, but these tensions are managed and contextualized differently based on cultural, historical, and social contexts.

GENDER WORK AND ORGANIZATION (2023)