Engendering Difference: Sexism, Power and Politics

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Constructing difference where there should be none is the main subject of this collection of essays about gender and its cultural manifestations and representations. From the pronouns we use, through the titles and positions we hold in our workplaces, to the more salient issues concerning abuse of power and exertion of violence, gender runs as a seemingly inevitable divide. This volume addresses the continuing relevance of the quest to diminish that gap, from the perspectives of literature, language, film, law, employment, aging and agency, both social and political. Table of Contents Acknowledgements Editors Preface Introduction Verbal and Physical Sexual Harassment “Hawk’s Shadow” Gender and the Polis in Aristophanes Women and Science The Projected Effect of Banning Public Face Coverings on the Quality of Life Among Veiled Muslim Women in Slovenia Ethnic Minority Women in Decision-Making Positions in Serbian Academia The Female Face of Academia in Kazakhstan Gender Fluidity in Ruby Rose’s “Break Free” The Absence of Grey-Haired Women Beyond Patriarchal Historiography “Liebe Ist Immer Gut” Body and Aging The Role of Women in Fictional Terrorist Organisations Gender Issues in Roald Dahl’s Novel Matilda Gender and Political Correctness in Slovenian Translation Alternative Personal Pronouns Less Difference Gender-related Issues in Minnan District Two Women, Two Ways Contributors Index