Introduction: Nordic Girlhoods—New Perspectives and Outlooks

Formark, Bodil; Mulari, Heta; Voipio, Myry

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-65118-7_1

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“…As many girlhood studies scholars have argued, in many ways young femininity has become an essential figuration for gender equality, and the image of a strong, independent Nordic girl is seen as the ideal representative for the gender egalitarian project. Middleclass, White girlhood in particular has been at the centre of the societal gender-egalitarian figuration of strength and individualistic independence (Eduards, 2007;Honkasalo, 2011;Mulari, 2015;Aaltonen 2017;Formark et al, 2017). Furthermore, understandings of gender-egalitarian girlhood are constantly being redone and reinterpreted in different power-related institutions, such as the school.…”

Section: Urban Encounters Young Femininities and Gender Equalitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Re-Imagining Sexual Harassment

2023

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EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This book looks at what a Nordic perspective can teach us about sexual harassment. Bringing researchers, writers and policy makers into dialogue in an ambitious volume, the book moves beyond the juridical definitions of justice, coloniality, exploitation and work and offers knowledge that is immediately implementable into policy making.

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Section: Urban Encounters Young Femininities and Gender Equalitymentioning

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Re-Imagining Sexual Harassment

2023

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“…In this case, the proof had to be in the form of an identification card or a reference as to who sent the order with the woman (cf. Harding et al, 2011;Sjöstedt Landén, 2012;Ericson and Mellström, 2016;Formark, Mulari, and Voipio, 2017). As a young girl, she did not have any inherent authority in the male hierarchy of the disaster management field.…”

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Women's invisible work in disaster contexts: gender norms in speech on women's work after a forest fire in Sweden

Danielsson

Eriksson

2021

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The aim of this study is to investigate what women do in disaster situations and how both men and women perceive and discuss the work of women. These patterns were evidenced in the stories that were told following the fire. The study is based on 31 retrospective interviews with volunteers involved in a large Swedish forest fire and focuses on stories about the supportive work of women during this fire. The results indicate that women were praised when they followed the traditional norms but were denigrated when they performed what was perceived as male-coded tasks. The stories reveal norms about what a woman is and is not by focusing on women's age and clothing and by directly and indirectly questioning their abilities and authority. The norms are also rendered visible by the positive attention that women receive while describing doing what is expected of a woman.

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