Multidisciplinary Journal of Gender Studies

Franco's Model of Femininity through Music. From Indoctrination to Transgression

2024-01-22T19:19:02+01:00

Historiography has not paid special attention to musical and folkloric expressions as a link between cultural history and political history; However, as we will try to demonstrate in the following lines, this connection will be key as a legitimizing tool of the Franco regime, providing the political system with a fundamental and timeless continuity, a privileged instrument of mediation between the people and the political structure. Through a review of the legislative, bibliographic, documentary and audiovisual documentation of the first Franco regime (1939-1955), with an essayistic methodology, we have set out to understand, first of all, the instrumentalization of music, and specifically folklore, as a legitimizing tool of the pillars of the Franco state: classism, patriotism and model of femininity, conveyed through the Women's Section. As a second aspect, we will analyze how jazz and copla, music located in the otherness of the official sources of Francoism, constituted a space of expressive freedom and biopolitical subversion, concluding that they could thus become survival from otherness, a model of anti-hegemonic femininity.

“Tell Me who You Hang Out with and I'll Tell You Who You Are”: Analysis of How the Social Contacts´ Gender Predicts Self-Concept as a Socially Engaged Person and Intention of Future Social Participation Among Young People

2024-03-11T12:36:42+01:00

The purpose of this work was to study the effect of gender on the social influence processes that explain the young people’ social participation. A total of 962 Spanish undergraduate students completed a questionnaire assessing their likelihood of engaging in social participation in the future, their self-concept as socially engaged people, and the number of socially involved contacts in their social networks, distinguishing between male and female contacts. We found that gender homophily characterised the social networks of both women and men. Consistent with gender stereotyping, being female predicted self-concept and the intention to be civically engaged, and being male predicted the intention to be politically engaged. For both genders, the number of female contacts predicted the intention to be civically engaged only, and the number of male contacts predicted the intention to be politically engaged. Moreover, for males, having a more gender-heterogeneous social network predicted to a greater extent their self-concept as socially engaged. The findings provide new insights for targeting interventions designed to foster social participation in women and men.

Developing and Strengthening the Role of Institutions in Preventing and Addressing Sexual Violence in Higher Education

2024-01-23T10:11:49+01:00

This study seeks to analyze or show how the formation and strengthening of an institutional-related task force on the prevention and handling (ToPH) of sexual violence in higher education in Indonesia can be helpful. The example focuses on ToPH, which was developed in accordance with Indonesia's Minister of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology (MoECRT) Regulation No. 30, 2021, and how it has been implemented. It also makes some suggestions for how it could be improved. In three public universities in the western and eastern parts of Indonesia, interviews were performed as part of this qualitative study. The study's findings are presented as suggestions for a map of institutions for the handling and prevention of sexual violence on campuses (ToPH). The study also demonstrates that ToPH requires additional assistance from all parties involved in order to develop its roles and functions and help it carry out its duties. To make these responsibilities and functions a reality, several elements are required. These include a policy that governs institutions, the duties and responsibilities of institutions, improving human resource capacity within institutions, programs of activities, finance, information systems, and a monetary and evaluation system.

Policy Transfer for Sexual Violence Prevention and Management in Indonesian Higher Education Institutions

2024-01-22T12:06:00+01:00

This research delves into the intricacies of policy transfer in the domain of sexual violence prevention and management within Indonesian Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). Through a phenomenological approach, the study engaged with 15 key informants and scrutinized 17 policy documents, uncovering that the applicability of such policies is not universal and is significantly influenced by diverse social, economic, and political contexts. The study underscores the important role of effective communication with the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology, advocating for an understanding of the varied contexts in which these policies are executed. It highlights the disconnection between policy formulation and its practical enactment, suggesting that initial attempts at linear policy transfer eventually evolve into more complex processes once implementation unfolds. This complexity arises from the intersection of theoretical policy frameworks with the pragmatic realities of institutional contexts, underlining the need for adaptable and context-sensitive approaches in the fight against sexual violence in educational settings.