Gender a výzkum / Gender and Research 2024, 25 (1): 164-167 
Gender a výzkum / Gender and Research 2024, 25 (1): 12-30 | DOI: 10.13060/gav.2024.008
Over the past decade, the protest against so-called ‘gender ideology’ in Italian schools has witnessed widespread and pervasive mobilisations. Prompted by the directives of anti-gender organisations, grassroots networks activated at the local level have opposed educational programmes related to gender equality, sexuality and the prevention of discrimination against LGBT+ individuals. Through qualitative interviews with Catholic mothers and teachers who participated in the anti-gender conferences in 2015, we adopted a micro-level perspective to interpret their narratives as strategies aimed at defending their ethical and heteronormative...
Gender a výzkum / Gender and Research 2023, 24 (2): 195-229 | DOI: 10.13060/gav.2023.015
Previous research has pointed to the significant role of the characteristics of companies and workplaces in explaining differences in individuals’ income. The gender pay gap (GPG) is most often analysed from the perspective of the personal characteristics of men and women and the characteristics of their work, but little attention has yet been paid to organisational characteristics. In this study, we focus on this less explored context influencing the GPG and ask the following questions: (1) What organisational characteristics are significant and how are they related to the average GPG in the company/workplace? (2) Do these characteristics act...
Gender a výzkum / Gender and Research 2023, 24 (2): 259-263
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Review of the book: Jarkovská, L., Lišková, K. 2023. Feministkou snadno a rychle: Příručka argumentů pro debaty s rodinou a přáteli. Praha: Universum.
Gender a výzkum / Gender and Research 2023, 24 (2): 231-254 | DOI: 10.13060/gav.2023.013
The ever-watchful eyes of society have created burdensome challenges for mothers in the 21st century, who are constantly trying to manage their emotions and daily life in accordance with the dominant discourse of what a ‘good mother’ should be like. The aim of the paper is to explore the ‘deep story’ of new mothers in Latvia, employing the theoretical framework of sociologist Arlie Hochschild and her concept of ‘emotion work’. Data were gathered from ten phenomenological interviews with women with a child under the age of two. The results of the narrative analysis show that new mothers systematically apply the principles...
Gender a výzkum / Gender and Research 2023, 24 (2): 171-194 | DOI: 10.13060/gav.2023.012
Sexual subjectivity in women together with sexual agency and empowerment have been receiving growing attention in sex research in recent decades. In this article we highlight the conceptual uncertainty and challenges research field, mostly in the context of #MeToo initiatives and the current discussion around understanding sexual violence in Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic. We propose a conceptual map, in which we show the key role of sexual subjectivity for sexuality research, in contrast to other terms, such as sexual self--concept or sexual self-schema. We demonstrate how the important conceptual components of subjectivity, sexual agency,...
Gender a výzkum / Gender and Research 2023, 24 (2): 146-170 | DOI: 10.13060/gav.2023.018
The article deals with a feminist critique of the secular notion of autonomy as a normative basis for the emancipation of the subject. It does so on the basis of discussions related to the so-called post-secular turn in feminist thought. The text is based on a comparison and interpretation of the theoretical insights of Saba Mahmood and Judith Butler. According to Mahmood, the poststructuralist critique of the Enlightenment conception of the subject, as seen in Butler, still places too much emphasis on secular detachment from tradition. In contrast, Saba Mahmood’s approach seeks to rehabilitate a ‚consolidationist‘ conception of the...
Gender a výzkum / Gender and Research 2023, 24 (2): 119-145 | DOI: 10.13060/gav.2023.019
The article explores the concept of gender and gender roles in a spiritual book titled Jak si uvařit (vlastní) vesmír (How to cook up (your own) universe) by Kamila ‘Kamu’ Chadimová, a famous Czech chef and Instagram influencer. As the book is based on the worldview of Alternative (New Age) Spirituality, a full understanding of its concept of gender and gender roles needs to be put in the context of Alternative Spirituality’s core doctrinal traits. The article emphasizes the importance of the concepts of (spiritual) energy and (spiritual) holism as two of the most important traits of Alternative Spirituality and examines them in the...
Gender a výzkum / Gender and Research 2023, 24 (2): 97-118 | DOI: 10.13060/gav.2023.020
This work of constructive Jewish ecofeminism argues for an expanded category of the poor to include nature, as both nature and the poor have similar states: they are in need. After a survey of the Torah and the tannaim, the author concludes that both sources do not define the category of the poor as anything more than those in need, thus we are well within our means to make the change. In addition, the current state of the environment, detailed by the most recent IPCC report, illustrates just how much the environment is in need. In this expansion of the category of the poor, the author also critiques traditional Jewish models of what constitutes care...
Gender a výzkum / Gender and Research 2023, 24 (2): 83-96 | DOI: 10.13060/gav.2023.017
In the following paper on the ecofeminist dimension of the considerable work of the feminist theologian Rosemary Radford Ruether, I will limit myself to questions and themes that are not purely theological, but which at the same time resonate with the themes and questions addressed in contemporary (eco)feminist philosophy, which revolve around issues of structural inequality and structural or systemic violence on the one hand, and the interdependence of lives, precariousness, and vulnerability on the other. Of the classic questions of systematic theology, two seem to me particularly relevant in this regard, namely the question of structural sin and...
Gender a výzkum / Gender and Research 2023, 24 (2): 53-82 | DOI: 10.13060/gav.2023.016
The paper explores the topic of the Jewish religious spatial practice of a mechitza – the physical separation of women and men in synagogues. At first glance, the mechitza appears to be an indisputable given as a normal part of Orthodox Judaism. At second glance, however, it poses a problem: through the mechitza, women tend to be marginalised not only within the space itself but also on a symbolic level as subjects of religious practice. Using a feminist post-structuralist discourse analysis, the paper investigates how the practice of mechitza is negotiated and what meanings and symbolism it takes on for its religiously gendered subjects. The...
Gender a výzkum / Gender and Research 2023, 24 (2): 26-52 | DOI: 10.13060/gav.2023.014
The article deals with the document ‘Male and Female He Created Them: Toward a Path of Dialogue on the Question of Gender Theory in Education’, published by the Congregation for Catholic Education in June 2019. The document is a guideline for Catholic schools, which they can apply to control and moderate the discussion on gender issues at the level of local churches and educational institutions. The article presents several worldwide responses to the document chiefly in the Catholic media, and then provides a rhetorical analysis and critique of its content. The analysis reveals some of the text’s rhetorical devices, including labelling,...
Gender a výzkum / Gender and Research 2023, 24 (2): 3-25 | DOI: 10.13060/gav.2023.023
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Book Review: Castellanos, P., Sachs, C. E., Tickamyer, A. R. (eds.). 2022. Gender, Food and COVID 19. Global Stories of Harm and Hope. New York: Routledge Focus.
Gender a výzkum / Gender and Research 2023, 24 (1): 159-184 | DOI: 10.13060/gav.2023.011
As we prepare for a new contraceptive revolution centering the male reproductive body, little is known about 21st century men’s interest in pursuing hormonal technology. This paper sets out to understand what male hormonal contraception (MHC) means for the performance of masculinity. Specifically, I seek to understand how contraceptive technology might contribute to the emergence and transformation of different masculine identities, and whether these identities will function to enhance or denounce the technology’s cultural feasibility and widespread assimilation. Amid the heavily quantitative nature of literature on this topic, I conduct...
Gender a výzkum / Gender and Research 2023, 24 (1): 135-158 | DOI: 10.13060/gav.2023.009
Research involving prisoners is a vital source of information on crime but is often fraught with several challenges. This article presents an analysis of one of the first prison researches conducted in India with men convicted of rape. It examines and expands on the nuances of interacting with men convicted of rape and exploring a range of deeply personal questions with them. The research analysis attempts to highlight the impact of the researcher’s positionality on offender accounts by also discussing social proximity and gender. This article contributes to the broader discourse around conducting qualitative research in prisons.
Gender a výzkum / Gender and Research 2023, 24 (1): 114-134 | DOI: 10.13060/gav.2023.007
Various research studies suggest that women and other vulnerable groups are the ones who were impacted most and who continue to suffer from the economic and social effects of the pandemic. However, these groups have often been omitted from the measures mitigating the pandemic impact due to their invisibility in the policy-knowledge nexus. This article draws on the findings from the international RESISTIRÉ research project, which focuses on how COVID-19 policies impacted gendered inequalities in Europe. Building on feminist institutionalism and an intersectional approach, we contribute to the debate on how existent gender regimes have shaped anti-pandemic...
Gender a výzkum / Gender and Research 2023, 24 (1): 88-113 | DOI: 10.13060/gav.2023.002
The aim of this paper is to shed light on the experiences of non-infected pregnant women in Serbia during the COVID-19 pandemic and the state of emergency by applying a qualitative research method. The present analysis examines four aspects of being pregnant during the COVID-19 pandemic and the state of emergency: (a) pregnant women’s health and health care; (b) preparation for childbirth and the arrival of a new family member; (c) working while pregnant during the pandemic; and (d) the family atmosphere and family practices. The results show that the coronavirus pandemic affected pregnant women both psychologically and socially. The following...
Gender a výzkum / Gender and Research 2023, 24 (1): 62-86 | DOI: 10.13060/gav.2023.008
The COVID-19 pandemic has posed challenges to the organisation of work and practices of care. Lockdown, the introduction of remote working in many sectors, home-schooling, and social isolation required the adoption of new strategies and solutions, resulting in the increased involvement of mothers in caring activities and the reinforcement of the cultural normativity of family. Yet some studies suggest that the share of fathers in childcare has also increased. Based on semi-structured qualitative interviews conducted as part of the ‘Men in Care’ (MiC) project with men working in international corporations (17) and their partners (7), we...
Gender a výzkum / Gender and Research 2023, 24 (1): 36-61 | DOI: 10.13060/gav.2023.001
The pandemic highlighted the importance of both formal and informal care and magnified gender inequalities in this area. Women were more represented in care-related frontline professions (including nurses), but they were also more often responsible for providing childcare when institutions (especially schools and nurseries) were closed. This paper builds on criticism aimed at the separate study of formal and informal care and explores the interconnections between the two in the case of Czech nurses with young children, who during the pandemic experienced increased demands in both formal and informal care. We are interested in how they experienced these...
Gender a výzkum / Gender and Research 2023, 24 (1): 11-35 | DOI: 10.13060/gav.2023.003
The COVID-19 pandemic exposed and reinforced the structural crisis in paid and unpaid care work. On the one hand, pandemic-related closures of schools and childcare facilities increased the fragility of unpaid care arrangements, which are mainly organised by women. On the other hand, high infection and hospitalisation rates exacerbated the difficult working conditions in health-care professions, ranging from low wages and long working hours to high levels of mental and physical stress. Drawing on interviews conducted in an ongoing project in the German and Austrian health-care sector, this article investigates, from a gender perspective, how employees...
Gender a výzkum / Gender and Research 2023, 24 (1): 3-10 | DOI: 10.13060/gav.2023.010
