Negotiating alternative femininities? Gender identity construction in female Basque pelota players

Abstract

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Women's career in Vietnamese academia: An analysis from multiple lenses

“…Another form of femininity which does not align with Connell's (1987) emphasised femininities or Schippers' (2007) pariah femininities but constitutes a space in which resistance can take form is alternative femininity (Budgeon, 2014;Fernandez-Lasa, Usabiaga Arruabarrena, Lozano-Sufrategui, & Drew, 2021;McGinty, 2007). The findings in Chapter Nine show the Vietnamese academic women in my study constructed an alternative femininity by constructing themselves as financially independent and resisting the hierarchical and patriarchal system in both domestic and public sphere.…”

“…Similar to Bangladeshi women in the study of Nahar and van der Geest (2014), they might resist to "survive" rather than to challenge and transform a system of domination ( (Nahar & van der Geest, 2014, p. 394) While the collective resistance strategies of women in other contexts (Bäckström, 2013;Fernandez-Lasa et al, 2021;Mattsson, 2015) might be somewhat effective, I argue that caution must be applied if my participants or women in any other contexts attempt to replicate them.…”

“…A noteworthy point from these findings is that their resistance against the Confucian and Western-mimicked system was done individually rather than collectively, unlike the research participants of prior studies (Bäckström, 2013;Fernandez-Lasa et al, 2021;Mattsson, 2015).…”

“…It might either come from her personal desire for education, her exposure to another culture during her postgraduate studies or her socialisation with her peers and colleagues. Nonetheless, her strategy echoed the resistance strategies of Basque's women in the study of Fernandez-Lasa et al (2021) who had a network of relationships. These networks created space for them to feel supported and encouraged and escaped stereotypes.…”

“…Nguyen, 2016), might "emphasise their dignity" and "create a sense of belonging" they have in their HEIs (Fernandez-Lasa et al, 2021).…”