Gendered Citizenship in a Multidimensional Perspective: The Challenges Facing Norway within the Nordic Model

Sümer, Sevil; Halsaa, Beatrice; Roseneil, Sasha

doi:10.1080/08038740.2014.964769

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“…The above quote encapsulates the story of a male student from an ethnic minority background who would not shake hands with a female leader in the workplace, which was told by other informants as well. Previous studies have illustrated how gender equality is an important distinction of Norwegianness (Sümer, Halsaa, and Roseneil 2014). In Norway, the majority population is depicted as representing equality and modern values, while the minority is associated with patriarchal and unmodern values.…”

Section: Biomedical Sciencementioning

confidence: 99%

Cultural stereotypes and professional self-socialisation in the transition from education to work

Orupabo

2018

Journal of Education and Work

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A key insight from studies of gender segregation is that the allocation of different groups to different positions in the labour market is strongly related to ascribed status. Shared gendered cultural beliefs generally portray men as more competent and of a higher status than women, and position some workers as more suited than others to perform different types of work and tasks. Yet, although much work has been done on status and gender segregation, this research tends to overlook the intersections of gender, race, and ethnicity. This study contributes to the literature by examining how skills and competence are valued in traditionally gender-segregated professions that have seen an increased influx of immigrants and ethnic minorities. Drawing on 66 qualitative interviews with Norwegian students, the study analyses, first, how gender, racial, and ethnic stereotyping of tasks and competencies affect the students' aspirations in transition from education to work, and second, how the intersection between race, ethnicity, and gender plays out quite differently in different professions. Theoretically, I develop the concept of 'professional self-socialisation' , which points to the process whereby individuals adapt and redefine their aspirations to the gendered, ethnic, and racial hierarchy of suitability within their profession. ARTICLE HISTORY

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Section: Biomedical Sciencementioning

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Cultural stereotypes and professional self-socialisation in the transition from education to work

Orupabo

2018

Journal of Education and Work

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“…Thus, feminist discourse in Norway changed over time. The dominating social imaginary in Norway assumes that gender equality has now been achieved, based on the high rates of women's participation in the labour market, education and politics (Sümer et al, 2014). Despite these positive developments, many arenas are characterized by serious and enduring hierarchies: the top echelons of the labour market are highly male-dominated, care work is still undervalued and low-paid, and gender-based stereotypes remain widespread (NOU, 2012).…”

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“… 1. This article is co-authored by two female sociologists who are both originally from Turkey. The first author has been residing and researching in Norway since the early 1990s, specializing in comparative gender and social policy analyses, including comparative studies of Turkey and Norway (Sümer, 2004, 2009, 2014; Sümer et al, 2014). The second author situates herself as a Turkish feminist, educated in Turkey, the United States and Europe, specializing in comparative studies of women’s activism and gender studies (Bolak-Boratav et al, 2014; Eslen-Ziya, 2013; Eslen-Ziya and Erhart, 2015).…”

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New waves for old rights? Women’s mobilization and bodily rights in Turkey and Norway

Sümer

Eslen‐Ziya

2016

European Journal of Women's Studies

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This article focuses on the resurgence of women's movements in Turkey and Norway against the backdrop of their historical trajectories and wider gender policies. Throughout the 2010s, both countries witnessed a similar set of conservative and neoliberal policies that intervened in women's bodily rights. In both countries, women's movements responded with mass mobilizations and influenced the political agenda. The proposed restrictions on abortion were interpreted as a restriction on women's basic bodily rights in both countries. This article argues that a feminist, multidimensional reconceptualization of the concept of citizenship and a definition of abortion as an element of women's bodily citizenship rights are useful to promote a strong and encompassing argument for mobilization. The comparative analysis shows that the right to control one's own body has been a unifying issue for women's movements in Turkey and Norway which are gradually becoming more inclusive.

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“…This relates to "several decades of women's movement activism and welfare state intervention, targeting women's participation in the public sphere of employment and politics and change in the traditional, gendered division of domestic work" (Sümer et al 2014). Like their Anglo-American peers, Norwegian girls are subject to body-image pressure (Jávo 2012, cited in Rysst & Roos 2014, eating disorders, and body-hatred resulting from the increasing focus on the body characteristic of neoliberal postfeminist sensibility (Rysst 2010).…”

Section: Nordic Girlhoodmentioning

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Performing the Self in the Mainstream

Dmitrow-Devold

2017

Nordicom Review

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Blogging has become an integral part of girls' media culture in Norway. This article investigates how teenage girls in the mainstream blogging community perform selves in their blogs over time. While studies of girls' self-presentations online abound, most draw solely on analyses of online artefacts and lack a temporal perspective. To address these gaps, this investigation has employed a longitudinal design combining in-depth interviews with ethnographic content analyses of blogs, and has analysed girls' online-based performances of self as integral to their offline experiences framed by the wider cultural context and gendered discourses. This approach is fruitful because it acknowledges girls' changing experiences across time and contexts, thus making possible a contribution to the theorization of identity as performed across the online and the offline settings and interactions in an ongoing process.

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Gendered Citizenship in a Multidimensional Perspective: The Challenges Facing Norway within the Nordic Model

Cited by 4 publications

References 29 publications

Cultural stereotypes and professional self-socialisation in the transition from education to work

Cultural stereotypes and professional self-socialisation in the transition from education to work

New waves for old rights? Women’s mobilization and bodily rights in Turkey and Norway

Performing the Self in the Mainstream

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