Women's Studies

Article Women's Studies

Understanding 'fat shaming' in a neoliberal era: Performativity, healthism and the UK's 'obesity epidemic'

Tanisha Jemma Rose Spratt

Summary: This article explores how 'fat shaming' is a moralizing tool used to regulate and manage those who are seen as 'bad citizens'. It discusses the problematic use of fat shaming language as a way to promote 'healthy' lifestyle choices and argues that shame, particularly in relation to excess weight, is culturally produced. Adopting a feminist perspective, the article highlights the reciprocal nature of fat shaming, emphasizing the importance of understanding oneself in relation to others.

FEMINIST THEORY (2023)

Article Women's Studies

We are Forgotten: Forced Migration, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence, and Coronavirus Disease-2019

Jenny Phillimore, Sandra Pertek, Selin Akyuz, Hoayda Darkal, Jeanine Hourani, Pip McKnight, Saime Ozcurumez, Sarah Taal

Summary: By adopting a structural violence approach, this article examines how early pandemic conditions exacerbated existing inequalities for forced migrant sexual and gender-based violence survivors. The abandonment of survivors by the state increased precarity and intensified prepandemic slow violence, while heightened uncertainty also intensified survivors' psychological distress. The structural violence experienced during the pandemic is viewed as part of the continuum of violence against forced migrants, resulting in gendered harm.

VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN (2022)

Article Communication

Post-reform gender politics: how do Chinese Internet users portray Theresa May on Zhihu

Altman Yuzhu Peng, James Cummings, Yang Li

Summary: This research analyzes how Chinese Internet users discuss former UK Prime Minister Theresa May, finding that they often use gendered discourses and provide commentary on international politics. It highlights the important role of gendered discourses in political commentary and points to the influence on Chinese political discourse.

FEMINIST MEDIA STUDIES (2022)

Article Women's Studies

Transgender and Gender Diverse Community Connection, Help-Seeking, and Mental Health Among Black Transgender Women Who Have Survived Violence: A Mixed-Methods Analysis

Athena D. F. Sherman, Sarah Allgood, Kamila A. Alexander, Meredith Klepper, Monique S. Balthazar, Miranda Hill, Christopher M. Cannon, Deborah Dunn, Tonia Poteat, Jacquelyn Campbell

Summary: The study found that TCC is associated with improved help-seeking and mental health among Black transgender women, indicating a need for longitudinal research to identify approaches for leveraging TCC.

VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN (2022)

Article Social Issues

Why Property Matters? New Varieties of Domestic Patriarchy in Turkey

Ece Kocabicak

Summary: This article extends theories on varieties of gender regimes by emphasizing the significance of property in patriarchal labor exploitation within domestic patriarchy. It differentiates premodern and modern forms of domestic patriarchy based on women's exclusion from agricultural landownership and paid employment, as well as dispossession and increasing wage dependency.

SOCIAL POLITICS (2022)

Article Political Science

Who Controls the Purse Strings? A Longitudinal Study of Gender and Donations in Canadian Politics

Erin Tolley, Randy Besco, Semra Sevi

Summary: Gender gaps in voter turnout and electoral representation have narrowed, but other forms of gender inequality remain. This study examines gender differences in donations and finds that women are more likely to donate to women candidates, but donate less often and in smaller amounts than men.

POLITICS & GENDER (2022)

Article Management

Elite women coaches negotiating and resisting power in football

Annelies Knoppers, Donna de Haan, Leanne Norman, Nicole LaVoi

Summary: This paper examined how elite women coaches of national football teams negotiate and resist the male-dominated power structures in football by engaging in problematization, public truth telling/parrhesia, self-transformation, and creating alternative discourses about gender and football. The findings suggest that women coaches challenge the notion that men are more knowledgeable about women's football and demonstrate their own expertise and experience in the field, highlighting the lack of gender equality in leadership roles within (sport) organizations.

GENDER WORK AND ORGANIZATION (2022)

Article Political Science

Coalition-Based Gender Lobbying: Revisiting Women's Substantive Representation in China's Authoritarian Governance

Xinhui Jiang, Yunyun Zhou

Summary: Despite the absence of an electoral mandate and the omnipresence of state power in China, this article explores how women's interests are substantively represented, highlighting the need for a unified societal demand and a coalition of state agency allies.

POLITICS & GENDER (2022)

Article Public, Environmental & Occupational Health

Winners and Losers in Academic Productivity During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Is the Gender Gap Widening for Faculty?

Elizabeth H. Ellinas, Tavinder K. Ark, Kristina Kaljo, Katherine G. Quinn, Cassandre R. Krier, Amy H. Farkas

Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic led to a gender gap in academic productivity, with men more likely to have increased productivity compared to women. The improvement in work-life balance was associated with increased academic productivity, job stress, and job priority compared to one's partner among partnered faculty members. The study highlights the interconnectedness between productivity, work-life balance, work location, stress, and relationship dynamics in academic medicine.

JOURNAL OF WOMENS HEALTH (2022)

Article Political Science

The Political Asceticism of Mamata Banerjee: Female Populist Leadership in Contemporary India

Proma Ray Chaudhury

Summary: This article explores the stylistic performance of female populist leader Mamata Banerjee, focusing on her adoption of political asceticism, nativist rhetoric, and religious iconography. The analysis argues that the self-representations of female populist leaders contribute significantly towards reshaping conventional leadership models and broader political landscapes, despite being contested and fraught with challenges.

POLITICS & GENDER (2022)

Article Management

Change agents or defending the status quo? How senior leaders frame workplace gender equality

Natasha Cortis, Meraiah Foley, Sue Williamson

Summary: This article explores senior leaders' perceptions of workplace gender equality in Australia's public sector using system justification theory. The findings reveal that male and female leaders tend to rate the gender equality climate in their agencies more positively compared to lower-level staff, with male leaders showing a strong propensity to defend the status quo. These findings question the effectiveness of change strategies relying on leadership and buy-in from those benefiting from existing arrangements, and challenge the dominant organizational approaches that position senior leaders as effective change agents for gender equality.

GENDER WORK AND ORGANIZATION (2022)

Review Public, Environmental & Occupational Health

Breaking Down the Barrier: The Role of Cervical Infection and Inflammation in Preterm Birth

Ourlad Alzeus G. Tantengco, Ramkumar Menon

Summary: This review focuses on the association between cervical infections and preterm birth during pregnancy, with a specific emphasis on the epidemiology of cervical infections, cellular mechanisms, endogenous defense mechanisms of the cervix, and potential inflammatory biomarkers associated with cervical infection.

FRONTIERS IN GLOBAL WOMENS HEALTH (2022)

Article Management

Has the COVID-19 pandemic changed gender- and parental-status-specific differences in working from home? Panel evidence from Germany

Anja-Kristin Abendroth, Yvonne Lott, Lena Hipp, Dana Mueller, Armin Sauermann, Tanja Carstensen

Summary: The study reveals that COVID-19 has changed the gender- and parental-status-specific differences in working from home. Fathers are no longer more likely than childless men and women to work remotely, and women are no longer more likely than men to work more hours from home. Additionally, cultural barriers in organizations to working from home, particularly for mothers, have decreased.

GENDER WORK AND ORGANIZATION (2022)

Article Philosophy

Hermeneutical Injustice: Distortion and Conceptual Aptness

Arianna Falbo

Summary: This article presents a new approach to theorize about hermeneutical injustice and argues against the dominant view that focuses on a lack of hermeneutical resources. Instead, it suggests that hermeneutical injustice can also occur when accurate resources are crowded out or preempted by distorting and oppressive concepts. The author proposes a broader analysis that takes into consideration the dynamic relationship between hermeneutical resources and the social and political contexts in which they are implemented.

HYPATIA-A JOURNAL OF FEMINIST PHILOSOPHY (2022)

Article Political Science

It's a Long Way to the Top: Women's Ministerial Career Paths

Corinna Kroeber, Joanna Huffelmann

Summary: Gender remains a significant factor in ministerial appointments, as female politicians face additional barriers in acquiring highly prestigious portfolios.

POLITICS & GENDER (2022)

Article Communication

The anxiety over soft masculinity: a critical discourse analysis of the Prevention of feminisation of male teenagers debate in the Chinese-language news media

Yating Yu, Hongsheng Sui

Summary: This study, using critical discourse analysis, investigates the dominant discourses surrounding the Prevention of Feminisation of Male Teenagers debate in the Chinese news media. The findings reveal that the media constructs anti-feminine discourse, nationalistic discourse, and anti-gender stereotype discourse with ideological implications for patriarchy, nationalism, and egalitarianism via various discursive strategies.

FEMINIST MEDIA STUDIES (2023)

Article Political Science

The Intersectional Dynamics of Descriptive Representation

Celeste M. Montoya, Christina Bejarano, Nadia E. Brown, Sarah Allen Gershon

Summary: Research on political representation shows that historically marginalized groups in political office can impact policies and behaviors. However, the relationship between group identity and representation is complex, as individuals hold multiple identities with varying meanings in different political contexts. Shared identity does influence perceptions of representation, but this impact varies in ways that are both raced and gendered.

POLITICS & GENDER (2022)

Review Public, Environmental & Occupational Health

Postpartum Visit Attendance in the United States: A Systematic Review

Laura B. Attanasio, Brittany L. Ranchoff, Michael Cooper, Kimberley H. Geissler

Summary: This article summarizes the estimates of postpartum visit attendance rates in the United States, finding significant variation in attendance rates and an increasing trend over time. The article suggests that improved systematic data collection and attention to visit attendance rates can inform policies aimed at improving maternal health.

WOMENS HEALTH ISSUES (2022)

Article Management

The entrenchment of the ideal worker norm during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from working mothers in the United States

Mona Zanhour, Dana McDaniel Sumpter

Summary: This study examines the shift in ideal worker culture experienced by working mothers in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic. The experiences of 53 interviewees indicate that the ideal worker culture is deeply entrenched in nearly all organizations and professions, manifesting through intensified work, increased competitiveness, gendered division of space and labor, and internalized expectations. These findings shed light on the challenges faced by working mothers during the pandemic and have implications for gendered organizations and organizational practices.

GENDER WORK AND ORGANIZATION (2022)

Article Communication

Re/turning the gaze: unsettling settler logics through multimedia storytelling

Carla Rice, Susan D. Dion, Hannah Fowlie, Ingrid Mundel

Summary: Drawing on three decolonizing feminist arts-based research projects, this article discusses the possibilities of creating multimedia stories that counter, respond to, and re/turn the heteropatriarchal settler colonial gaze. Through analyzing narrative videos, the authors explore the effects of educational experiences, the complex decolonizing affects of love, and the pervasive and debilitating effects of everyday gendered racism in and beyond school.

FEMINIST MEDIA STUDIES (2022)