LGBTQ Women, Appearance Negotiations, and Workplace Dress Codes

Reddy-Best, Kelly L.

doi:10.1080/00918369.2017.1328225

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“…Work organizations enforce unofficial dress and appearance norms that regulate the degree to which outsiders can express gender or race at work (Dellinger, 2002). In this way, dress norms represent a process of navigation and ‘appearance management’ for outsiders (Kaiser, 1997); violation of such unspoken rules can reinforce one’s outsider status (Reddy‐Best, 2018). While all respondents spoke about impression management generally, the significance placed on dress was more salient — and more fraught — for women leaders (Haynes, 2012; Meriläinen et al, 2015).…”

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Performative contortions: How White women and people of colour navigate elite leadership roles

Glass

Cook

2020

Gender Work & Organization

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How do non‐traditional leaders negotiate their entrance and inclusion in elite leadership roles? This study explores the intentional strategies used by non‐traditional leaders to obtain and sustain elite leadership positions. While previous research has documented the barriers that limit the advancement of White women and people of colour, this study extends our understanding to the deliberate, intentional strategies outsiders use to negotiate their entrance to and inclusion in elite leadership roles. We use Bourdieu’s concept of habitus and Puwar’s bodies out of place perspective to analyse the ‘performative contortions’ of outsiders who occupy elite roles. Our analysis relies on 32 in‐depth interviews with White women and men and women of colour who occupy senior leadership positions in large organizations. Our findings uncover a range of embodied, cultural and interactional strategies outsiders employ to gain entrance to top positions and thus reveal the ways gender and race are embedded in the ‘hidden curriculum’ of elite organizations. The ongoing labour required of organizational outsiders to negotiate their own inclusion sheds light on the continuing failure of current efforts to achieve equity and inclusion among elite leadership ranks.

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Performative contortions: How White women and people of colour navigate elite leadership roles

Glass

Cook

2020

Gender Work & Organization

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“…From what we could gather, transgender consumers seek not only to satisfy their functional needs when buying intimate apparel, but it also expresses their willingness to experience the fantasies and the feelings involved in intimate apparel marketplace navigation. Issues mentioned in the literature, such as feeling beautiful and having consumption experiences influenced by personality traits and cultural background (Holbrook & Hirschman, 1982; Reddy‐Best, 2018) were also identified in the interviewees' statements.…”

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“…Transgender consumers' experiences with clothing and fashion are distinct from the experiences that cisgender 2 consumers have (Reddy‐Best & Pedersen, 2015). This difference is due to transgender consumers' need to communicate their identities (Reddy‐Best, 2018) or conceal them, attempting to prevent them from facing stigmatization and vulnerability (Baker et al, 2005; McCracken, 2010) in the latter case. Although intimate apparel is traditionally seen as an under‐the‐clothes piece (Reddy‐Best et al, 2022), there is a fashion trend of exposing these pieces (Foss, 2022).…”

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Consuming intimate apparel: A Brazilian transgender discourse

Rocha,

Veloso,

Falcão

et al. 2023

Journal of Consumer Affairs

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Transgender consumers struggle to have their gender identity recognized, resorting to clothing as a practical way to forge their identity. Intimate apparel represents the innermost type of clothing, carrying both functional and aesthetic roles for transgender individuals. When navigating the intimate apparel marketplace, transgender consumers are faced with vulnerability as their gender identity is stigmatized by society, negatively impacting their well‐being. This research focuses on understanding the neglected aspects of intimate apparel consumption by transgender consumers, discussing the role of stigma as it generates vulnerability in the intimate apparel marketplace. To gain insight into the multifaceted transgender people's intimate apparel consumption context, we conducted in‐depth interviews with 18 Brazilian transgender consumers. Data were analyzed using dialogical thematic analysis with a hybrid approach of deductive and inductive coding. Our findings revealed that: (1) the consumption of intimate apparel by transgender individuals involves a striking duality of both positive and negative aspects; (2) although transgender consumers see intimate apparel as a legitimate way of expressing their gender identity that carries symbolic meaning, functional aspects (e.g., comfort and fit) are also essential to them; and (3) intimate apparel plays a unique role during transgender people's social transition as they can choose whether to use those pieces privately or publicly, unlike most fashion products. Our key takeaway from this research is that consuming intimate apparel carries multifaceted meanings for transgender consumers, impacting their emotional and social well‐being in several ways.

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“…Respect is the need ensure the history, identity, beliefs, and value of all people are respectfully considered. This includes respecting the histories of exclusion and oppression and appreciating the impact that has on individuals and identity groups (Di Napoli et al, 2021;O'Loughlin et al, 2022;Radis & Nadan, 2021), respecting how people self-identify and how they choose to reflect and express their identity (Casey et al, 2019;Reddy-Best, 2018), respecting an individual's belief system (Héliot et al, 2020) and traditions (Caron et al, 2019;Tiwari et al, 2019), and recognizing and valuing the capability and contribution of all people (Grant & Kara, 2021;McCoy, 2021;Topić & Bruegmann, 2021).…”

Section: International Journal Of Social Science Research and Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

The 8-Inclusion Needs of All People: A Proposed Framework to Address Intersectionality in Efforts to Prevent Discrimination

Wilson

2023

IJSSRR

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Since Kimberlé Crenshaw conceived the theory and concept of intersectionality in 1989, intersectional research has flourished. However, despite there being a significant increase in the understanding of the lived-experience of people, there has not been enough progress toward eliminating discrimination and achieving equality for all. This paper begins by highlighting the current state of inclusion, then reviews existing research on the application of intersectionality in efforts to address discrimination. The literature review includes an overview of several existing models designed to assist the application of intersectionality in reducing discrimination, followed by the identification of need for a framework that is practical, operationalizable, and addresses the needs of all people and intersectionalities. In light of the identified gap, an analysis of existing research on the discrimination causes of 13 individual identities and 5 intersectional identities was undertaken, from which eight common themes emerged. In light of the findings, a proposed new framework, called The 8-Inclusion Needs of All People, is presented. The framework is then illustrated with recommendations for application in government and policy making, the law, advocacy work, and in organizations with the goal of providing a useful framework for expediting social justice and equitable outcomes for all people.

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LGBTQ Women, Appearance Negotiations, and Workplace Dress Codes

Cited by 19 publications

References 20 publications

Performative contortions: How White women and people of colour navigate elite leadership roles

Performative contortions: How White women and people of colour navigate elite leadership roles

Consuming intimate apparel: A Brazilian transgender discourse

The 8-Inclusion Needs of All People: A Proposed Framework to Address Intersectionality in Efforts to Prevent Discrimination

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