Disruptive Tides. Feminist Counter-discourse as Resistance to Patriarchal Imagery in Gendered Media Representations

The Stereotypical Computer Scientist: Gendered Media Representations as a Barrier to Inclusion for Women

The present research examines undergraduates’ stereotypes of the people in computer science, and whether changing these stereotypes using the media can influence women’s interest in computer science. In Study 1, college students at two U.S. West Coast universities (N=293) provided descriptions of computer science majors. Coding these descriptions revealed that computer scientists were perceived...

Introducing the Feminist Management Discourse in Organizations

The article demonstrates management discourse without masculine subtexts. In two organizations in the Norwegian state administration management was talked about either as a truly gender neutral activity or as a “feminine” activity. Managers’ primary tasks were to motivate team members and help them develop their capacities, it was stated. Further, team management was described either by the use...

Feminist Media Perspectives

Cognitive Interpretation of Chinese Gendered Discourse Pattern

In Chinese, there are clear embodiments of gendered discourse pattern. Based on the concrete embodiments of gendered discourse pattern in Chinese, this paper will discuss about some specific examples. Then the reasons of forming the Chinese gendered discourse pattern will be illustrated. Lastly the paper will summarize the cognitive interpretation of Chinese gendered discourse pattern.

SEXING COMPARATIVE ETHICS: Bringing Forth Feminist and Gendered Perspectives

This collaborative companion piece, written as a postscript to the three preceding essays, highlights four themes in comparative religious ethics that emerge through our focus on sex and gender: language, embodiment, justice, and critique.