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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 YoungThis 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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SociologyISSN
0038-0385Publisher
SageExternal DOI
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2Volume
49Page range
305-322Department affiliated with
- Sociology and Criminology Publications
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2014-06-19First Open Access (FOA) Date
2016-04-05First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2016-08-18Usage metrics
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