Parting with ‘interests of women’: how feminist scholarship on substantive representation could replace ‘women’s interests’ with ‘gender equality interests’
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Parting with ‘interests of women’ : how feminist scholarship on substantive representation could replace ‘women’s interests’ with ‘gender equality interests’. / Harder, Mette Marie Stæhr.
In: European Journal of Politics and Gender, Vol. 6, No. 3, 2023, p. 377-394.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Parting with ‘interests of women’
T2 - how feminist scholarship on substantive representation could replace ‘women’s interests’ with ‘gender equality interests’
AU - Harder, Mette Marie Stæhr
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - The concept of ‘women’s interests’ has received a large amount of scholarly attention. In particular, the problematic assumption underpinning this concept – that women share interests – has been an object of much consideration. Yet, while scholarship on the substantive representation of women has today moved free of this assumption, three other assumptions have not been scrutinised to the same degree. These are: (1) that political interests are attached to social groups; (2) that women and men have different interests; and (3) that there are only two genders. This article argues that these three assumptions are problematic for feminist scholarship on substantive representation, which warrants replacing the attached ‘women’s interests’ with an alternative interest: the unattached ‘gender equality interests’. In addition, the article sets forth three distinct ways for future studies to operationalise the substantive representation of gender equality.
AB - The concept of ‘women’s interests’ has received a large amount of scholarly attention. In particular, the problematic assumption underpinning this concept – that women share interests – has been an object of much consideration. Yet, while scholarship on the substantive representation of women has today moved free of this assumption, three other assumptions have not been scrutinised to the same degree. These are: (1) that political interests are attached to social groups; (2) that women and men have different interests; and (3) that there are only two genders. This article argues that these three assumptions are problematic for feminist scholarship on substantive representation, which warrants replacing the attached ‘women’s interests’ with an alternative interest: the unattached ‘gender equality interests’. In addition, the article sets forth three distinct ways for future studies to operationalise the substantive representation of gender equality.
U2 - 10.1332/251510821X16742321076420
DO - 10.1332/251510821X16742321076420
M3 - Journal article
VL - 6
SP - 377
EP - 394
JO - European Journal of Politics and Gender
JF - European Journal of Politics and Gender
IS - 3
ER -
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