Incels thoughts about feminism – A qualitative analysis of an online forum for incels The field of research on incels and their ideology is constantly expanding. While incels online may be a modern phenomenon, it is actively studied by today's researchers. Previous research has primarily focused on incels with links to terrorism, misogyny, and their online activity. Through a thematic analysis, posts created by incels on the website incels.is are studied. The purpose of the study is to examine the thoughts and opinions expressed by forum users regarding feminism and feminists. It also aims to investigate how they justify their criticism of the feminist worldview. The study employs two research questions that guide the research process: How is feminism and feminists described on the online incels forum? and what arguments are used to criticize a feminist worldview? The results of the study indicate that forum users believe feminism and feminists have an end goal of attaining ultimate power in society and, through this, excluding men. The results revealed various ideas about the methods used by feminism to achieve this goal. It is through these ideas that incels justify a negative view of feminism.

In the tradition of western film sector, the mirror has played different roles, from displayingrepresentations of the female body that subsumes into the satisfaction of the male eye toprojecting gendered standards that have taken part in the construction of Western socialimaginaries. Since the motion picture sector is a form of public discourse that influences andshapes beliefs, imagery and cultural practices of a given society, this thesis puts underscrutiny the relation to the mirror in both symbolic and material perspectives through the casestudy of the main mirror scenes of Good Luck to You, Leo Grande (2022). By combininggender sensitive analysis and compositional interpretation methodologies, this thesis showsthe potential of the mirror as an instrument of change and empowerment in relation to genderand ageism. It demonstrates that employing the mirror through a feminist lens enables the denormalisation of negative stereotypes of bodily appearance that are scarcely representedonscreen, as it is the case of aged female bodies. Simultaneously, it renegotiates therelationship between youth and adulthood and disrupts hegemonic representations ofmasculinity. This master’s thesis offers a new feminist perspective of non-normative bodilyappearances using the mirror as the main source of analysis.

Women have historically feared public violence. Although many studies have been undertaken to find solutions, non-western women's experiences have been overlooked. This thesis studies how women's fear of public violence inhibits their movement in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The research used semi-structured interview and a narrative analysis based on a theoretical framework separated into public violence, culture, and safety work. The result indicated that fear of violence affects these women's urban movement and societal norms, economic position, and the acceptance of public aggression worsen the situation. Raising awareness in the society was proposed as a solution to overcome public violence.

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This study explores chosen families within the queer community in Belgium. Chosen families and their dynamics are not well understood because they do not follow the heteronormative way of forming a family. The aim is to see how queer individuals understand and construct their families. It is important to show how people outside of the heteronormative system care for each other because they don’t fit in to the norms that are upheld in society. Five people were interviewed, and the resulting transcripts were analyzed using queer phenomenology and thematic analysis. The material showed that there are different ways of constructing a queer family, and that there are certain objects and places that support this process. It also shows how the participants care for their families by sanctioning some heteronormative practices, such as marriage and caring for “kids”. These findings provide us with insight into how families can be created in unique ways, and how people care for others by challenging the norms of what it means to be in a family. / <p>2023-09-14</p>

I den här uppsatsen ges olika exempel på talet om kvinnors manshat; som motstånd mot kvinnors politiska kamp, som en dimridå som osynliggör och legitimerar patriarkala synsätt, som politiskt hot och som faktisk rädsla för kvinnors politiska krav. Jag var intresserad av att ta reda på hur manshatet användes i texter som är emot feminismen som ideologi, politisk rörelse och forskning. I analysdelen använde jag mig av Susanna Popovas bok Elitfeniinistema: Ett spel för galletierna och Pär Ströms bok Mansförtryck &amp; Kvinnovälde som utgångspunkter. I synnerhet vänder sig dessa kritiker till feminismen emot den radikalfeministiska beskrivningen av hur kvinnor är underordnade i samhället, att män som grupp kollektiv förtrycker kvinnor som grupp. På olika sätt i dessa verk används påståendet att feminismen är mansfientlig som en strategi för att föra bort uppmärksamheten från ett samtal om kvinnornas underordning, och i stället riktas uppmärksamheten på feministers syn på män. Talet om manshatet skylde över och osynliggjorde kvinnoförtrycket i den anti­feministiska diskursen. Risken med de anti-feministiska framställningarna är att kvinnoförtrycket återskapas som en naturlig del i ett manssamhälle eftersom denna diskurs inte tar hänsyn till feministiska synsätt om makt och våld. Den anti-feministiska diskursen bör dätför ses som en form av medveten eller undermedveten maktutövning mot feminister och mot kvinnor. Den legitimerar upprätthållandet och återskapandet av de rådande maktstrukturerna genom att osynliggöra kvinnoförtrycket.

The aim with the following study is to define and analyse different types of masculinities in literature, present why they occur and how to work with them in the EFL classroom. The primary source used in this essay is Rick Moody´s short story “Boys”. This text follows two brothers growing up with masculine norms and how they affect them throughout life. In this essay, it is concluded that masculinity is a complex topic with many different versions that can be found in the primary source. Furthermore, this study also offers an explanation that masculinities emerge from society’s expectations and the adaption of grown-ups´ behaviour. In addition to this, it is also stated that working with texts about identity and gender expectations is a necessity in the EFL classroom. By introducing this text, the pupils are invited to explore their own identity and different ways of living, moving from masculinities with negative consequences to masculinities with good consequences.

This study explores the symbolic significance of women’s hair, in the context of Greek television commercials produced by transnational cosmetic companies. It especially navigates how gender roles are shaped and power dynamics are created in different cultures and different outlets. I will use a small selection of Greek television hair commercials to assist me with my exploration, trying to uncover the underlying messages about gender, power, and identity from an intersectional perspective of “global” visual culture.   The starting point for my investigation is the amassing evidence that we are living in predominately patriarchal and capitalist societies in Europe. Furthermore, these power structures are inherent and part of the cultural and visual heritage of symbolism and associations that (not hide) convey intricate layers of power dynamics that give shape, in turn to, perceptions of gender and identity, also in Greece.     With this study, I aim to delve into a better understanding of how visual media and commercial advertising, instrumentalize women's hair as a symbol that ultimately are shaping societal attitudes and promoting stereotypes in the Greek context of hair product commerce. Expectations of femininity as “to-be-looked-at-ness”, to use a prominent concept from 1980s feminist film scholar Laura Mulvey, confirms, for instance, stereotypes of heterosexual male looking, or “the male gaze”, as something women consumers are expected to internalize in “buying into” these television commercials and hair products. From an intersectional gender studies perspective to representations of beauty, this thesis explores such visual expectations and symbolic assumptions about femininity, heteronormativity, and imagined “Greek-ness” in a transnational corporate world.        Key Words:   Hair symbolism, power dynamics, gender roles, visual media, male gaze

Denna uppsats tar avstamp i att Sverige har en mycket könssegregerad arbetsmarknad där kvinnor och män i stor utsträckning arbetar inom olika yrken och branscher. Studie- och yrkesvägledare inom skolan har i uppdrag att jobba för att elevers studie- och yrkesval inte begränsas av kön, men studie- och yrkesvägledare som arbetar med vuxna individer i omställning har inte lika uttalat detta uppdrag. Studiens syfte är att undersöka hur vägledare resonerar kring vuxna individers könsbundna studie- och yrkesval och frågeställningarna är: “Hur uppfattar vägledare att kön/genus påverkar vuxna individers studie- och yrkesval?” samt “På vilket sätt arbetar vägledare för att motverka att vuxna individer gör könsstereotypa studie- och yrkesval? “Det empiriska materialet analyseras utifrån Bourdieus begrepp habitus och fält och Hodkinson och Sparkes Careershiptheory om karriärval. Som komplement har även begreppet normer och delar av den normkritiska pedagogiken använts. För studien har en kvalitativ metod använts och semistrukturerade intervjuer genomförts.Det huvudsakliga resultatet visar att studie- och yrkesvägledare ser fler förklaringar, såsom uppväxt, kontext och intressen, än kön/genus till varför individer gör könsbundna karriärval. Vidare visar resultatet att studie- och yrkesvägledare anser att de har som uppgift att arbeta för att vidga handlingshorisonter generellt, framför allt i gruppvägledningssammanhang.

The purpose with this thesis was to, through a gender perspective, get an insight in equality between genders at the electronic music stage is in Ecuador, with the renowed club Lost Beach Club as a sample for this study. The thesis is based on an observation study made in November 2016 at three different events, marketing materials and correspondence with a producer. The result was adopted through some different approaches of feministic theory and showed that on the electronic music stage at Lost Beach Club gender equality was not presented, and no consciousness about the subject existed. Men was more represented than women but they all got the same response and respect from the audience. The women was excluded unconsciously since they did not have the same opportunities to reach the big stages as men because of the masculine norms in the field.