What Is Third‐Wave Feminism? A New Directions Essay

Snyder, R. Claire

doi:10.1086/588436

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“…This seems to confirm the feminist standpoint and line of argumentation based on a model that allows the separation of the phenomena of biological sexes from the phenomena of social genders. Transsexuals or transgenderpersons seem to be ideal examples to support the claim that biological women are not (and do not have to be) per se feminine (or female), and consequently they do not have, per se, to be restricted by the corset of "appropriate" gender stereotypes that produces and legitimizes their societal secondariness (Elliot 2012(Elliot , 2009Snyder 2008). The big difference between the trans-claim for recognition (and appreciation) and feminist striving for equality is that trans-identities address (sometimes stereotypic) selfascriptions, whilst the demand for gender-equality addresses stereotypic ascriptions that are ascribed by others (or, indeed, by society as a whole).…”

Section: Societal Perspectivementioning

confidence: 99%

Intersexuality and Trans-Identities within the Diversity Management Discourse

Köllen

2016

Sexual Orientation and Transgender Issues in Organizations

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Within both the scientific discourse on workforce diversity, and diversity management practice, intersexuality and transgender issues have hitherto remained marginalized topics. This chapter gives an overview of the discourses on both phenomena, and proposes starting points for more inclusive organizational diversity management initiatives. It is shown that both topics represent different aspects of the category of "gender". The common practice of conceptually lumping together intersexuality, transgenderism, and sexual orientation can be seen as one important reason that intersexuality and transgenderism are rarely considered in organizational diversity management programs in terms of concrete action. Against this background, a modified, and more integrated approach to structuring the workforce alongside the different dimensions of diversity is proposed. It is shown that the categories of "biological sex and gender", "gender identity", and "sexual orientation" cannot be regarded as being separate from each other. They represent, rather, an interrelated organizational field of action that should be considered as being one interrelated topic for organizational diversity practices. This chapter derives this claim theoretically and discusses the consequences for organizational diversity management practices. For most organizations, this would mean a fundamental rethinking of their goals, in terms of workforce diversity, and the shaping of their diversity management programs.

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Section: Societal Perspectivementioning

confidence: 99%

Intersexuality and Trans-Identities within the Diversity Management Discourse

Köllen

2016

Sexual Orientation and Transgender Issues in Organizations

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“…Aside from the push for presumptive joint custody (for example CAFE 2013), there is now relatively little MRA engagement in the realm of public policy. Interestingly, this anti-statism echoes developments in feminism, with third-wave feminism emphasizing grassroots direct action and cultural struggles, while turning away from engagement with the state and law (Snyder 2008). This mirroring of feminism lends support to the interpretation of the MRM as a reactionary 'counter-movement'.…”

Section: Shifts In Mra Tactics and Discoursementioning

confidence: 95%

Sexual Violence in the ‘Manosphere’: Antifeminist Men’s Rights Discourses on Rape

Gotell

Dutton

2016

Int J for Crime, Justice & Social Democracy

117

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This paper explores the role that men's rights activism (MRA) is playing in a contemporary backlash to feminist anti-rape activism. We engage in a discourse analysis of popular MRA websites to reveal a set of interrelated claims, including: that sexual violence, like domestic violence, is a gender-neutral problem; that feminists are responsible for erasing men's experiences of victimization; that false allegations are widespread; and that rape culture is a feminist-produced moral panic. We argue that sexual violence is emerging as a new focus of the men's rights movement, competing with a longstanding emphasis on fathers' rights. The subject of MRA activism has shifted and is becoming less familial and more sexual. MRAs appear to be using the issue of rape to mobilize young men and to exploit their anxieties about shifting consent standards and changing gender norms. KeywordsSexual assault; rape; antifeminism; men's rights activism; backlash. Please cite this article as:

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“…Even sympathetic treatments of second wave feminism in Canada which recognize its political diversity suggest that women's issues were often ''narrowly defined'' as ''white and middle class'' (Adamson et al 1988: 60). The presumption of an ''essentialist'' and ''universalist'' second wave politics becomes almost de rigueur in some third wave historical reflections on the second wave, characterized negatively as ''white mainstream feminism,'' fatally weighed down and discredited by its ''racist and classist'' and ''essentialist'' assumptions (Pinterics 2001;Gillis et al 2007;Snyder 2008). It would be hard to imagine a more unappealing feminism: no wonder a subsequent generation wanted to name themselves a new third wave, more radical and enlightened than the previous one.…”

Section: The Dilemma Of Labelling ''Second Wave'' Feminismmentioning

confidence: 99%

Creating popular histories: re-interpreting “second wave” Canadian feminism

Sangster

2015

Dialect Anthropol

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Using popular feminist journalism as a source, this article explores the historical consciousness of ''second wave'' French-and English-Canadian feminism. Eighteen newspapers from across the country are examined, from their first appearance in 1969 to the mid-1980s; their coverage of historical people and issues, their understanding of what is historically significant, and their efforts to reconstruct a feminist history are all interrogated. While this cohort of feminists is often characterized as white, middle class, and liberal in political orientation, feminist journalism suggested a more complex picture, in which class relations and imperialism figured prominently. The article suggests that we need to rethink taken-forgranted paradigms, including the tendency to collapse identity and politics into a unitary category.

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What Is Third‐Wave Feminism? A New Directions Essay

Cited by 243 publications

References 2 publications

Intersexuality and Trans-Identities within the Diversity Management Discourse

Intersexuality and Trans-Identities within the Diversity Management Discourse

Sexual Violence in the ‘Manosphere’: Antifeminist Men’s Rights Discourses on Rape

Creating popular histories: re-interpreting “second wave” Canadian feminism

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