A Postfeminist Sensibility at Work

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Gill, Rosalind; Kelan, Elisabeth K. and Scharff, Christina M.. 2017. A Postfeminist Sensibility at Work. Gender, Work & Organization, 24(3), pp. 226-244. ISSN 0968-6673 [Article]

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Postfeminism remains a relatively unexplored concept for scholars in the area of gender and organizations. In this article we first provide theoretical perspectives on postfeminism and elaborate a critical approach to it. Postfeminism is seen as a concept, rather than an identification, that can assist in understanding the patterning of gender in the modern workplace. The second part of the article illustrates different discursive moves that we observed in our own research exploring how sexism is repudiated and how gender fatigue is enacted. This meta-theme is supported by four discursive moves: first, gender inequalities are routinely allocated to the past or, secondly, to other countries or contexts; third, women are seen as the advantaged sex; and fourth, the status quo is accepted as just how workplaces are. The article thereby makes a contribution to understanding the patterning of a postfeminist sensibility both theoretically and empirically in the work context.

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Article

Identification Number (DOI):

https://doi.org/10.1111/gwao.12132

Additional Information:

Funding: Christina Scharff would like to acknowledge funding by the Economic and Social Research Council (Grant reference: ES/K008765/1) for her project (Scharff, 2017). The writing of the article was facilitated by Elisabeth Kelan's British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship (MD130085).

Keywords:

discourse analysis, gender inequality, organization, postfeminism, sexism

Departments, Centres and Research Units:

Institute for Cultural and Creative Entrepreneurship (ICCE)

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