Critical feminist theory, rape, and hooking up

Geisinger, Brandi N.

doi:10.31274/etd-180810-2292

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“…It locates sexual coercion in patriarchal hegemony and discursive practices which support systems of domination (Eyre, 2000). Gender oppression, according to critical feminists, is widespread and ingrained in society (Geisinger, 2011). Furthermore, the sexual script theory explains the social conscription of human sexuality.…”

Section: Theoretical Framework and Methodologymentioning

confidence: 99%

Gendered Acquiescence and Resistance(s) to Coercive Sexual Practices Among Female Students at a Zimbabwean University

Mukwidigwi

Naidu

2021

The Oriental Anthropologist

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High rates of sexual coercion among female students in institutions of higher education are a global concern. Although this phenomenon is universal, female university students’ experiences and reactions to coercive sexual practices vary greatly due to differences in geo-socio-cultural milieus in universities. This study investigated the extent to which female students acquiesced or resisted gendered codes of sexual conduct during experiences of sexual coercion. Using mixed methodology, the study drew on the narratives of 341 female students and three key informants from a Zimbabwean university. The study’s findings revealed that female students showed significant levels of acquiescence to gendered sexual norms and coercive sexual practices. This suggests that normative sexual practices embedded in university cultures subordinate women’s sexuality, resulting in their vulnerability and acquiescence to coercive sexual practices. However, despite being positioned in a restrictive context which worked to instill and reproduce gendered norms of sexuality and acquiescence to coercive sexual practices, some female students demonstrated significant levels of “constrained” sexual agency, power and subjectivity. These students enacted embodied resistances and (re)negotiated gendered norms of sexuality in the form of negotiations, antagonistic reactions and (re)construction of dominant sexual practices and norms. Therefore, the study concludes that, while female university students conform to dominant sexual practices and norms, they also have the capacity to challenge them and actively resist and manage their experiences of sexual coercion

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Section: Theoretical Framework and Methodologymentioning

confidence: 99%

Gendered Acquiescence and Resistance(s) to Coercive Sexual Practices Among Female Students at a Zimbabwean University

Mukwidigwi

Naidu

2021

The Oriental Anthropologist

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“…The critical feminist theory model has been adopted to critically analyse the challenges that were experienced by female principals in pursuing their leadership role in rural primary schools during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. Critical feminist theory is one of the several theories that was conceived from critical race theory in acknowledgment of different sorts of unjust treatment that continue to affect women principals (Geisinger, 2011). Moyo and Perumal (2018) argued that critical feminist theory makes it easier to grasp power imbalances in the sense of gender inequality, discrimination, and women's oppression.…”

Section: Theoretical Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…It achieves this by investigating the personal experiences of women who lead schools in rural areas during the COVID-19 pandemic." Geisinger (2011) outlined seven tenets of critical feminist theory. Geisinger (2011) outlined seven tenets of critical feminist theory, and for this research, the three most important tenets of critical theory are taken into account: tenets of critical feminist theory: (1) In our society, gender oppression is prevalent -meaning that it is typical, normal, and embedded in society, often making it hard to be aware of, and found in almost all contexts as well as that of COVID-19; (2) In order to understand the determination of gender inequality, experiential knowledge of women who lead schools or their distinctive voices is justifiable, sensible, and significant, and these distinctive voices are often established by way of storytelling and counter-narratives; (3) In order to question policies and behaviours that have an effect on women who lead schools, history and social perspectives need to be considered.…”

Section: Theoretical Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

South African Women Leading Rural Schools During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Challenges and Resilience

Nkosi,

Moyo

2023

JoEED

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Since the arrival of COVID-19, schools have been confronted with complex problems, and the burden on women principals in rural schools has been enormous. - The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly increased the workload of women principals, affecting both their work and home life." This study sought to explore how the leadership roles of female principals in rural primary schools have been influenced during the COVID-19 pandemic. This qualitative study focused on women principals leading rural primary schools in South Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic, utilizing critical feminist theory for analysis. The study collected data through semi-structured interviews and document analysis. Women principals’ leadership was impacted by a lack of trust, insufficient resources and resistance presented by parents, teachers, and staff members directly and negatively affected the women principals and became an obstacle in pursuing their duties. - The shortage of infrastructure caused learners to attend school intermittently due to new timetabling models introduced to accommodate social distancing. The absence of e-learning amenities made it difficult for rural learners to receive education."The absence of e-learning amenities made it difficult for the rural learners to receive education. Further and future research should be conducted in other provinces to compare the experiences of female principals.

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“…The study is grounded in critical feminist scholarship (MacKinnon, 1991) for it explores the role of patriarchal biases in creating socio-cultural barriers to women’s self-expression in the virtual arena. This theory postulates that gender biases are so deeply entrenched in our culture that it is almost impossible to identify them, and further, emphasises traditional values that obstruct women’s agency (Geisinger, 2011). The current study employs a critical feminist perspective to delineate and contextualise the findings.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Self-Expression in the Cyber World: Challenges for a Woman

Siddiqi

2021

Indian Journal of Gender Studies

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Apart from offering a platform to express opinions, social networking sites also enable people to maintain anonymity and express hatred. Women, particularly strong and opinionated ones, often fall prey to such revulsion. This investigation explores why and how women’s self-expression is curtailed in the virtual domain. To answer this question, thematic analysis has been carried out of Facebook comments and messages received by an Indian woman over a period of two years. Findings indicate that men responding to women’s online self-expression can fall into any of three emergent categories: self-proclaimed well-wishers, admirers turned abusers and the toxically masculine. While the first group silences women discreetly and typically by moral policing or invading women’s personal space, the latter two groups do so more blatantly. However, the three groups share a common patriarchal bias, believing that self-expression is a masculine privilege and women who try to democratise this privilege are cultural deviants.

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Critical feminist theory, rape, and hooking up

Cited by 3 publications

References 73 publications

Gendered Acquiescence and Resistance(s) to Coercive Sexual Practices Among Female Students at a Zimbabwean University

Gendered Acquiescence and Resistance(s) to Coercive Sexual Practices Among Female Students at a Zimbabwean University

South African Women Leading Rural Schools During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Challenges and Resilience

Self-Expression in the Cyber World: Challenges for a Woman

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