This chapter explores gendered narratives about young people. We argue that – in recent decades –... more This chapter explores gendered narratives about young people. We argue that – in recent decades – two clearly gendered problem representations have come to dominate the academic and public debate about youth: “pathologisation of girls” and “negative representations of boys”. For boys the narratives revolve around society’s problems with them. Regarding girls the focus is more on various ways in which societal pressures concerning self-expression and individual performance affect them negatively. In other words, the popular story about pressure and stress among girls today contains an undertone of “poor them”, whereas corresponding representations regarding boys often include a “poor us” assumption. Based on recent research, we discuss the basis for these narratives, how they are expressed, and the role research plays in their emergence and in nuancing the predominant problem representations. Moreover, we demonstrate how such gendered stories about blame and victimization appear in e...
In this study, we explore how ethnic minority Muslim girls in Norway manage social control as an ... more In this study, we explore how ethnic minority Muslim girls in Norway manage social control as an everyday experience within a political context where minority communities are portrayed as performing excessive control. Theoretically, our analysis draws on perspectives on social control, interactionist perspectives on identity, and Hage's (2010. "The Affective Politics of Racial Misinterpellation."
Male victims of IPV hold an ambiguous position in feminist research and in theorisations of IPV, ... more Male victims of IPV hold an ambiguous position in feminist research and in theorisations of IPV, including in critical studies of men and masculinities. This is due to the ways in which male victims of violence are framed in intertwined academic and political struggles over gendered patterns of victimisation. Recently, there has been a rise of antifeminist mobilisation spanning from organisations and lobby groups, to looser groupings on social media. This is an important context which further complicates the contemporary politicisation of male victims of IPV. This chapter sheds light on the interface between masculinist policies and men’s personal stories of victimisation by analysing how the narrative framing and affective space offered by a masculinist/antifeminist Men’s Rights Organisation (MRO) works for individual male victims of IPV. Through highlighting the ambiguities between the MRO’s mobilisation of collective emotions bolstering an antifeminist narrative of men as a discriminated group, and individual male victim’s personal stories and feelings, the chapter illucidates the complex relations between the personal and the political in contemporary masculinist policies.
This chapter explores gendered narratives about young people. We argue that – in recent decades –... more This chapter explores gendered narratives about young people. We argue that – in recent decades – two clearly gendered problem representations have come to dominate the academic and public debate about youth: “pathologisation of girls” and “negative representations of boys”. For boys the narratives revolve around society’s problems with them. Regarding girls the focus is more on various ways in which societal pressures concerning self-expression and individual performance affect them negatively. In other words, the popular story about pressure and stress among girls today contains an undertone of “poor them”, whereas corresponding representations regarding boys often include a “poor us” assumption. Based on recent research, we discuss the basis for these narratives, how they are expressed, and the role research plays in their emergence and in nuancing the predominant problem representations. Moreover, we demonstrate how such gendered stories about blame and victimization appear in e...
In this study, we explore how ethnic minority Muslim girls in Norway manage social control as an ... more In this study, we explore how ethnic minority Muslim girls in Norway manage social control as an everyday experience within a political context where minority communities are portrayed as performing excessive control. Theoretically, our analysis draws on perspectives on social control, interactionist perspectives on identity, and Hage's (2010. "The Affective Politics of Racial Misinterpellation."
Male victims of IPV hold an ambiguous position in feminist research and in theorisations of IPV, ... more Male victims of IPV hold an ambiguous position in feminist research and in theorisations of IPV, including in critical studies of men and masculinities. This is due to the ways in which male victims of violence are framed in intertwined academic and political struggles over gendered patterns of victimisation. Recently, there has been a rise of antifeminist mobilisation spanning from organisations and lobby groups, to looser groupings on social media. This is an important context which further complicates the contemporary politicisation of male victims of IPV. This chapter sheds light on the interface between masculinist policies and men’s personal stories of victimisation by analysing how the narrative framing and affective space offered by a masculinist/antifeminist Men’s Rights Organisation (MRO) works for individual male victims of IPV. Through highlighting the ambiguities between the MRO’s mobilisation of collective emotions bolstering an antifeminist narrative of men as a discriminated group, and individual male victim’s personal stories and feelings, the chapter illucidates the complex relations between the personal and the political in contemporary masculinist policies.
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