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Neoliberalisation and 'lad cultures' in higher education

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posted on 2023-06-08, 17:35 authored by Alison Phipps, Isabel Young
This paper links HE neoliberalisation and ‘lad cultures’, drawing on interviews and focus groups with women students. We argue that retro-sexist ‘laddish’ forms of masculine competitiveness and misogyny have been reshaped by neoliberal rationalities to become modes of consumerist sexualised audit. We also suggest that neoliberal frameworks scaffold an individualistic and adversarial culture among young people that interacts with perceived threats to men’s privilege and intensifies attempts to put women in their place through misogyny and sexual harassment. Furthermore, ‘lad cultures’, sexism and sexual harassment in higher education may be invisibilised by institutions to preserve marketability in a neoliberal context. In response, we ask if we might foster dialogue and partnership between feminist and anti-marketisation politics.

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Campus culture and the experiences of women students; NUS

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  • Published

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  • Accepted version

Journal

Sociology

ISSN

0038-0385

Publisher

Sage

Issue

2

Volume

49

Page range

305-322

Department affiliated with

  • Sociology and Criminology Publications

Full text available

  • Yes

Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2014-06-19

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2016-04-05

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2016-08-18

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