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- Title
At work with gender studies in Romania. The subtle neoliberal anti-gender rhetoric vs the graduates' assessments.
- Authors
NEAGA, DIANA ELENA
- Abstract
When they rail against gender studies, opponents are using also more subtle rhetoric, namely the neoliberal one. Simply put, according to their arguments, gender studies programs waste public money, are not market oriented, do not attract students, and do not guarantee the successful integration of graduates into the labour market. On the other hand, significantly less information is available on the perceptions of gender studies graduates themselves regarding their acquired skills. Thus, my aim in this article is to bring to the fore, based on a quantitative methodology, the perceptions of the graduates from MA in Gender Studies in Romania, in the context of the anti-gender movement. The findings of my research reflect the inadequacy of the neoliberal perspective adopted by the detractors of gender studies, since half of the respondents felt their gender expertise helped them to get jobs in their field of studies. Also, they identified the skills acquired as essential for today's labour market.
- Subjects
GENDER studies; NEOLIBERALISM; LABOR market
- Publication
Analize: Journal of Gender & Feminist Studies, 2023, Issue 18, p93
- ISSN
1453-7559
- Publication type
Article