Representations of women dressed for power

Bolsø, Agnes; Mühleisen, Wencke

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“…The phallogocentric discourse is further illustrated with the recurring squares and the tie as a symbol of traditional masculinity (Bolsø & Mühleisen, 2018). While these preconceptions (like the "glass slipper" as another clothing metaphor) "fit" some people, they do not fit others and the lines turn into literal chains that tie together a woman's body.…”

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Writing differently with film: An animated video on gender, leadership, and language

Biehl

Schönfeld

2023

Gender Work & Organization

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The animated video “Leadership and Discourse” (original title: “Führung und Sprache”) (4:05 min) is produced by us (a filmmaker and a scholar) and stands as an artistic research contribution that is published on the GWO website (https://bcove.video/3yBUL04). It links to and develops forms of “writing differently” in organization studies with moving images, colors, and sound. Drawing on feminist research, it visualizes how language creates a view on leadership as white, heterosexual, and masculine that excludes women and non‐binary individuals, queer people, and people of color. The male leader stereotype “stands” his ground and dominates all others. The video also shows how marginalized positions may find their form when they act in solidarity, reject misogynist vocabulary and hate‐speech, redefine words, and create new terms. In a way that a text cannot, the film allows viewers to experience gender and leadership as a product and artifact of discursive practices. It invites viewers to affectively relate to the content and encourages them to re‐imagine ourselves and others in organizations and leadership relationships beyond binary gender stereotypes. This written article serves as an academic framing, a common standard for artistic research, offering an interpretation of the video and situating the theoretical contribution. We theorize how artistic research as “writing differently” can challenge dominant forms of knowledge production and may support learning and leadership development with alternative, reflective, and experiential approaches and materials.

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Writing differently with film: An animated video on gender, leadership, and language

Biehl

Schönfeld

2023

Gender Work & Organization

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“…In contrast, men have more freedom to make use of their aesthetic capital in labor markets. Paradoxically, men also have more restrictions imposed on them when it comes to freedom to express themselves and their power through appearance and style (see also Bolsø & Mühleisen 2017). As Neumann points out, women are at the same time pushed to invest heavily in their beauty but also shamed or ridiculed for doing so (Neumann 2017).…”

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Gendered Experiences of Appearance-related Perks and Penalties in Finnish Labor Markets

Kukkonen

Sarpila

2021

NJWLS

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Physical appearance is generally associated with considerable labor-market sanctions, and appearances are thought to be of particular importance in the feminine service sector. However, little is known about workers’ experiences of appearance-based perks and penalties in Nordic labor markets. Drawing on literature on aesthetic capital and labor, this study aims to fill this research gap. The study uses a nationally representative survey (N = 1600) fielded in Finland and multinomial regression to determine whether subjective experiences of appearance-related perks and penalties are gendered, dependent on the field of work or daily work on appearances. Our main finding is that while both men and women experience looks-based perks and penalties, men are more likely to have experienced appearance having a say in salary negotiations. Our results shed light on the gendered logics of aesthetic capital and labor, and question economic understandings of beauty work as a pathway to labor market success for women

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Representations of women dressed for power

Cited by 2 publications

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Writing differently with film: An animated video on gender, leadership, and language

Writing differently with film: An animated video on gender, leadership, and language

Gendered Experiences of Appearance-related Perks and Penalties in Finnish Labor Markets

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