Gender Equality in Changing Times Multidisciplinary Reflections on Struggles and Progress

This edited collection explores issues of gender equality in the global context. Campaigns to achieve gender equality throughout the twentieth century brought about huge changes in westernised countries. In particular, the achievements of second-wave feminism with regards to gender and sexual equali...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Smith, Angela (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Palgrave Macmillan 2020, 2020
Edition:1st ed. 2020
Subjects:
Sex
Online Access:
Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction; Angela Smith
  • Part I - 2. Female Role Models in a Male-dominated Workplace — Do We Still Need Them Today?; Stephanie Atkinson. - 3. "Oh, It’s Actually Quite Nice Up Here’: Reflections on Prejudice, Partiality and Division and Moral Challenges to inclusivity Created by Class, Gender and Region; Bridget Cooper
  • 4. Prisoners of Inclusivity: Perspective on Spirituality, Humanism and Place; Juila Janfeshai Nobari and Paul-Alan Armstrong
  • 5. A Critical Analysis of Masculinity During Mentoring in Contemporary Schools; Kim Gilligan. - 6. Understanding Gender Categorisation in a Binary Society; Katie Ward. - Part 2. - 7. “Enough of this PC-crazed Nonsense”: The Backlash Against Gender Equality as Personified by Emma Watson; Angela Smith
  • 8. Social Reform, Gender and Women in Saudi Arabia; Wjoud Almandani. - 9. "Straight Man Cancer": The Discursive Representation and Backlash of Sexism on China’s Internet; Wu, Xiaoping
  • 10. Gender andMedia Representation: Politics and the 'Double Bind'; Fiona McKay. - 11. Smart, Casual, Unisex: Can Fashion and Clothing be Intersectional?; Janet Pearson. - 12. What Next?L Some Concluding Thoughts; Angela Smith.