Resistance and counter-resistance to gender equality policies in Spanish universities

IF 0.8 Q3 SOCIOLOGY
Cecilia Castaño Collado, Susana Vázquez-Cupeiro
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Abstract

Resistance in academia is a pervasive phenomenon. Gender equality was prescribed more than a decade ago in Spain, but the problem remains unsolved. Contributing to feminist institutionalism, this paper identifies both the manifestations of resistance intended to interfere in the implementation of gender equality initiatives in Spanish universities and the strategic responses enacted by gender equality agents to counteract those resistances. To this end, we conducted in-depth interviews with the female directors of Equality Units (EqUs) at six public universities in Madrid. Despite increasing support for gender equality, the research results confirm the existence of a complex web of resistance. EqUs deploy a wide range of strategies to neutralise the refusal to accept or comply with gender equality initiatives, but these are mainly, albeit not exclusively, embodied in actions of survival. We argue that although limited, these specialised bodies’ capacity for agency has not been obliterated and could be used to put alternative and more proactive counter strategies in place to bring about fundamental change. Overall, the findings yield new insights into the progress of and resistance to gender equality initiatives in universities.
西班牙大学性别平等政策的抵抗与反抵抗
学术界的抵制是一种普遍现象。十多年前,西班牙就规定了性别平等,但这个问题仍未得到解决。本文对女权主义制度主义做出了贡献,指出了旨在干预西班牙大学性别平等倡议实施的抵抗表现,以及性别平等机构为抵制这些抵抗而制定的战略反应。为此,我们对马德里六所公立大学平等单位(EqUs)的女性主任进行了深入访谈。尽管对性别平等的支持越来越多,但研究结果证实了一个复杂的抵制网络的存在。EqUs采用了广泛的策略来中和拒绝接受或遵守性别平等倡议,但这些策略主要体现在生存行动中,尽管不是唯一的。我们认为,这些专门机构的代理能力虽然有限,但并没有被抹杀,它们可以用来制定替代性和更积极主动的反战略,以实现根本变革。总的来说,这些发现对大学性别平等倡议的进展和阻力提供了新的见解。
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