Index

Gender Visibility and Erasure

ISBN: 978-1-80382-594-6, eISBN: 978-1-80382-593-9

ISSN: 1529-2126

Publication date: 15 August 2022

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(2022), "Index", Segal, M.T. and Demos, V. (Ed.) Gender Visibility and Erasure (Advances in Gender Research, Vol. 33), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 243-250. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1529-212620220000033002

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INDEX

Note: Page numbers followed by “n” indicate notes.

AARP Bulletin
, 140

Abolitionist model
, 210

Abortion
, 182

contestation over abortion in Peru
, 192

feminist strategies in post-Fujimori era
, 195–197

history of abortion regulation
, 192–193

minimal policy changes spark controversy
, 194–195

in Peru
, 185–197

Action research
, 150

Active invisibility, processes of
, 17–19

Active suppression
, 16

Activism
, 139–141

Afro-Caribbean men
, 73

Afro-Creole

continuum
, 75

masculine identities
, 80

masculinity
, 84

society
, 80

Afro-Saxon

inability
, 86

masculinity
, 73–75, 83

sensibility
, 76

Afro-Saxonism
, 80

Age Discrimination in Employment Act
, 139

Ageism
, 10, 128, 140

of universities
, 135

Albanian migrant women
, 99–101

American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)
, 140

American law
, 231

American Sociological Association (ASA)
, 22

Amplified sites
, 62

Anganwadis
, 171–172

Anglo-Saxon masculinity
, 8

Anti-abortion network
, 196

Anti-ageist movements
, 140

Anti-sex
, 207

Antiwar
, 140

Autoethnographies
, 130

Autoethnography
, 9

Baby-sitting
, 97

Barbados
, 80–81

Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (BDPA)
, 208

Being married
, 24

Being misidentified
, 21–22

Being second in a pair
, 20–21

Being self-misidentified
, 23

Being too advanced
, 22–23

Birth control
, 184

Black masculinity
, 73

Black self-denigration
, 77

Black women
, 159n6, 166

“Boomerang” model of change
, 182

Boston Women’s Health Book Collective
, 10

British colonialism
, 35

British Victorian patriarchal norms
, 5

Bucharest Plan of Action
, 184

Cairo Programme of Action
, 184, 190

Calibrating violence
, 167, 172–174

Calibration
, 174

Caribbean
, 72, 75–76

patriarchy
, 75

Catholic
, 185

Catholic Church
, 198

Catholicism
, 185

Chicago school of sociology
, 21

Childcare centers
, 171

Cis passing
, 59

Civil rights
, 140

Civil Rights as force for visibility of gender and difference
, 231–233

Civil Rights Movement
, 231–232

Civil society organizations (CSOs)
, 37

Class
, 98, 128, 147

Coercive prostitution
, 205

Collaborating against violence
, 167, 172, 174–177

Collective actions
, 139

Colonial sensibility
, 76

Combating Violence against Women
, 212

Commission on the Fight against Violence Exerted on Women (2004/2013)
, 209

Commodification of domestic work
, 111

Communism
, 21

Computing and information technology and communication (CIT)
, 146

Consciousness-raising groups
, 166, 168

Contemporary sociologists
, 22–23

Continued Action Extension Projects
, 159n5

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)
, 187, 194, 196, 217

Cooperation
, 22

Cooptation
, 190–191

COVID19/Corona Virus 38
, 138, 142, 146, 150, 204, 216, 225, 226

Critical feminist theory
, 233

Critical race theory
, 233

Critical sensitivity
, 170

Cultural hybridization, continuum of
, 82

Cultural segmentation
, 80

Culture

of do not ask, do not tell
, 38–40

of silence
, 38

Delegitimation
, 190–191

Delta Variant in Fiji
, 38

Department for International Development (DFID)
, 188

Direct Sponsorship package
, 119

Disability
, 128

Discrimination
, 16, 35

Diversity
, 213

“Do No Harm” research ethics
, 38

Doing gender
, 52–53

Domestic care
, 97

Domestic labor
, 111–112, 114

Domestic Labor Law
, 115, 117

Domestic service in Greece
, 96

Domestic violence
, 4, 166–170

Domestic workers
, 9, 110–111

Economic crisis in Greece
, 9, 102–103

Economic stress
, 102

Education of girls and women
, 147

Embodiment
, 7–8

Emotions
, 96

Empire
, 73, 77

Empire-resistant masculinity
, 73

Employment of Foreign Man Power Act
, 112

Entrepreneurship
, 211

Erasure
, 5–12, 129, 134–136

form of
, 129

microlevel responses to
, 138–139

regulations as agents
, 112–113

in rhetoric and media
, 118–119

spatial and temporal
, 119–123

system of
, 116–118

transnational forces of
, 110–112

Ethnicity
, 47n1, 98, 128, 147

Ethno-racial constructs
, 80

European Council of Lisbon
, 211

European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE)
, 209, 213–214

European Union (EU)
, 4, 205

feminist debates on sex industry in
, 205–208

impact of prostitution on indicators of gender-based violence in
, 213–218

Exceptions
, 134–136

Exploitation
, 93

Family-building
, 42

Fast Girls project
, 5, 10, 147–151

development and results
, 154–157

Federal District (DF)
, 147

Federal Engineering and Agronomy Council (CONFEA)
, 146

Federal National Council
, 115

Female consciousness
, 168

Female independence
, 78

Female sociologists
, 19, 21–22

summarizing and documenting processes of making
, 25

Feminism
, 21

Feminist consciousness
, 168–170

Feminist debates on sex industry in EU
, 205–208

Feminist movements
, 168, 204

Feminist standpoint theory
, 94

Feminist strategies in post-Fujimori era
, 195–197

Feminist theory
, 19

Feminized corporalities/bodies
, 205, 210

Fiji
, 35

First Nations people in Australia
, 93

Flamboyant gays
, 45

Flattening

microlevel experiences of
, 131–134

microlevel responses to
, 138–139

Gender
, 96, 98, 147, 227

awareness
, 168

consciousness
, 168

dimension in migration studies
, 95

equality
, 111

equity
, 152

fluidity
, 8

identity
, 53, 55, 60

nonconformity
, 52

presentation
, 52

presentations
, 4

relations
, 97, 185, 170–171

STEM and
, 151–154

study of
, 3

transgressions
, 52

visibility and erasure
, 5–7

Gender Equality Index (GEI)
, 213

Gender-based violence (GBV)
, 4, 11–12, 209, 214

dimensions
, 215

index
, 214

impact of prostitution on indicators of gender-based violence in EU
, 213–218

Gendered ageism
, 135

Girmit
, 36, 41, 43, 47n2

Girmitiyas (Indentured Labourers)
, 47n2

Global consensus and dissensus around human reproduction
, 183–184

Globalization
, 182

Governmental actions
, 141

Grassroots women’s movements in India
, 166

Gray Panthers
, 140–141

Great Recession of 2007–2009
, 92

Greece

comparison with reference groups and perceptions of inequality at work
, 103–105

experiencing invisibility in Greek Labor Market
, 101–103

research methodology, fieldwork, and career paths of migrant women
, 99–101

socio-historical context of invisibility of female migrant workers in
, 94–97

theoretical lenses for invisibility and social inequality
, 97–99

women migrant workers in
, 92

Greek debt crisis
, 9

Greek economic crisis
, 96

Greek education system
, 9

Greek labor market
, 92

experiencing invisibility in
, 101–103

Grounded theory approach
, 56

Haya (modesty)
, 39

Health
, 10, 136–138

Health Ministry
, 196

Hegemonic masculinity
, 83

Hermeneutical injustice
, 168–170

Heteronormative behavior
, 75

Heteronormative intolerance
, 43

Hierarchy of legitimacy
, 53

Hijra (third gender)
, 36, 41

Housecleaning
, 97

Housing
, 141

Human rights
, 4, 9, 11, 205–206

Hypermasculinity of behaviors
, 73

Identity
, 35–37

Ideology
, 227

Illegibility
, 57–60

Imposter syndrome
, 59

Inclusive sociology
, 3

India
, 166

Indo-Fijians
, 47n1

community
, 38

culture and erasure of queerness
, 40–42

culture of ‘do not ask, do not tell’
, 38–40

families
, 7

invisible actors in LGBTQI+ movement
, 43–45

non-heteronormativity
, 34–46

queer lives
, 35–37

queer people
, 43

queers on Tiktok platform
, 45–46

research approach and design
, 37–38

settings
, 35

silence
, 42–43

Inequality
, 146

perceptions of inequality at work
, 103–105

in subjective experiences
, 92–93

Informal work
, 96

Injustice
, 93

Institutional discrimination
, 186

Institutional policies and practices
, 10

Institutional Review Board (IRB)
, 55

Intelligible presentations of self
, 4

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
, 194

International Financial Institutions (IFIs)
, 186

International governmental organizations (IGOs)
, 182

International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)
, 167

International nongovernmental organizations (INGOs)
, 182

Interpersonal discrimination
, 186

Intersectional analysis
, 9

Intersectional approach
, 98

Intersectional invisibility of black women
, 93

Intersectional lens, call for
, 233–235

Intersectionality
, 8–10, 98, 128, 150

Invisibility
, 16, 35–36, 42, 57–60, 92–93, 147, 182, 212

microlevel experiences of
, 131–134

microlevel responses to
, 138–139

processes
, 16–17

processes of active
, 17–19

processes of making invisible visible
, 26–27

subtle processes of creating
, 19–25

summarizing and documenting processes of making female sociologists
, 25

theoretical lenses for
, 97–99

of women’s experiences
, 168

“Invisibility by comparison” process
, 20

Invisible colleagues
, 17

Invisible women
, 26

Invisible work
, 96

Izzat (honor/respect)
, 39, 43, 45

Kafala system
, 114

Kafil (sponsor)
, 114

Labor market segregation
, 93

Labor movements
, 140

Labor relation
, 230

Labor rights
, 113–116

Lahanga naach (long skirt)
, 41, 45

Lake Success Treaty in 1962
, 209

Law is an Imperfect Tool
, 226

Lesbo-feminists
, 206

Let Her Decide campaign
, 196–197

LGBTQI+ community
, 5, 7, 38, 204–205

LGBTQI+ movement
, 35, 37, 40

invisible actors in
, 43–45

LGBTQI+ rights
, 43

LGBTQIA+ communities
, 55, 61, 67

Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act
, 129

Maid trade
, 116

Makful (employee)
, 114

Male pacifists
, 17

Male sociologists
, 22

Marcus’s Empire-resistant masculinity
, 79

Maria Lab projects
, 159n3

Marriage
, 24, 42

Married women
, 24

Martineau’s sociological legitimacy
, 27

Masculine independence
, 77

Masculinity
, 72, 75

Matriarchs of misery
, 157, 159n9

Media outlets
, 116

Microlevel experiences of invisibility and flattening
, 131–134

Migrant women
, 96–97, 102, 104

research methodology, fieldwork, and career paths of
, 99–101

Migrants
, 92

Migration

process
, 96

studies
, 97

Ministry for the Advancement of Women and Human Development
, 187

Misidentification
, 21, 23

Modified grounded theory
, 7–8

Monthly Social Security payments
, 135

Nachaniyas
, 41, 45

Name changes
, 17

National Brazilian Research Council (CNPq)
, 10, 148

National Family Health Survey (NFHS)
, 167

National Family Planning Program (Fujimori)
, 187

delegitimation and cooptation
, 190–191

repercussions of abuse
, 191

wolf in sheep’s clothing
, 187–189

National Policy Plan for Women (PNPM)
, 148

Neoliberalism
, 207

Nepotism rules
, 24

Non-binary individuals
, 5

Nonbinary gender identities
, 52

Nonbinary identities
, 4, 7, 53–54

concealing
, 62–66

context and risk
, 62–65

communicating findings
, 56–61

invisibility and illegibility
, 57–60

signaling to nonbinary and trans people
, 60–61

strategies for concealing nonbinary identity
, 65–66

Nonbinary interviewees
, 62

Nonbinary people
, 8, 52, 65–67

Occupation
, 96, 98, 104

Occupational classification system
, 104

Old Order Shall Pass
, 83

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
, 92

Pacific Island Country (PIC)
, 35

Pacifism
, 21–22

for women
, 17

Paper rights
, 110

Paternalism
, 96

Patriarchal naming conventions
, 5, 24

Patriarchy
, 18, 75

People of color
, 137

Peru
, 182

global consensus and dissensus around human reproduction
, 183–184

methods
, 185

sterilization and abortion in
, 185–197

theoretical background
, 182

Peruvian Congress
, 190

Plural society
, 80

Policy possibilities
, 141–143

Political precarity
, 43

Population control
, 184, 198

Post-colonial position
, 7, 36

Post-Fujimori era, feminist strategies in
, 195–197

Poverty rates
, 135

Power
, 98

to dominate people
, 5

Precedent of erasure
, 119

PretaLab projects
, 159n3

Privilege
, 229–233

Pro-regulation models
, 212

Processes of active invisibility
, 17–19

Procreation
, 42

PROMSEX
, 196

Prostitution impact on indicators of gender-based violence in EU
, 213–218

Qualitative methods
, 99

Queer
, 37

experiences
, 35, 41

Quiet gays
, 45

Quota Law
, 148

Race
, 98, 128, 147, 226

Racial stereotyping
, 80

Rape
, 170

victim
, 227–228, 234

Reference groups
, 98, 103–105

Regulationists
, 207

Regulations as agents of visibility and erasure
, 112–113

Relative deprivation theory
, 94, 98

Repercussions of abuse
, 191

Reproductive politics history in Peru
, 186

Resistance
, 73

Resolution of the European Parliament (2014)
, 209

Risk
, 54

Role congruence theory
, 153

Safety
, 54

Santa Maria’s 404 Secondary Education Center
, 154

Satellite dimensions
, 213

Scelles Foundation
, 212

Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)
, 10, 147

considerations
, 157–158

Fast Girls project
, 149–151, 154–157

and gender
, 151–154

Self-deprecation, women’s socialization for
, 25

Self-erasure
, 120–123

SEPTA train
, 227, 234, 239

Sex industry
, 204–205

feminist debates on sex industry in EU
, 205–208

statistical analysis towards equality and links to current regulations
, 209–213

statistical effacement and positive actions
, 208–213

voices and debates
, 216–218

Sex trafficking
, 4

Sex work
, 4, 207

Sex workers
, 212

Sexism
, 25, 128, 135

Sexual assault of enslaved women
, 228

Sexual entrepreneurs
, 211

Sexual exploitation
, 205

Sexual exploits by men
, 21–22

Sexual harassment as intersectional reality
, 235–238

Sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristics (SOGIESC)
, 35

Sexuality
, 75, 205

Sharam (shame/embarrassment)
, 39

Shining Path
, 186, 191

Signaling to nonbinary and trans people
, 60–61

Silence
, 42–43, 229–233

Skepticism
, 113

Slavery
, 5, 228

Social constructivists
, 182

Social exclusion
, 96

Social inequality, theoretical lenses for
, 97–99

Social invisibility
, 93

Social marginalization
, 92

Social norms
, 153

Social policy responses
, 92

Social relationships
, 206

Social reproduction of poverty
, 114

Social Security
, 136

Social stratification
, 94–96

Socialism
, 21

Socio-historical context of invisibility of female migrant workers in Greece
, 94–97

Sociological embodiment
, 7

Sociological imagination
, 140–141

Sociology
, 16

Sociology of patriarchal knowledge
, 18–19

Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
, 231

Spanish normative model
, 210

Spatial erasure
, 119–123

Special Rapporteur on Human Trafficking
, 209

Status
, 98

STEAM
, 152

Sterilization
, 11, 182, 197

in Peru
, 185–193

Stratification
, 98

Strong Black Women
, 228

Strong intersectionality
, 233

Student Nonviolence Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
, 231

Subjection
, 96

Subjective factors
, 103

Subordination
, 93

Subtle processes of creating invisibility
, 19–25

Subverting violence
, 167, 172–173

System of erasure
, 110, 116–118

Systemic annihilation
, 134

Tadbeer in UAE
, 110, 118

Tamil Nadu, gender relations in
, 170–171

Temporal erasure
, 119–123

Thematic workshops
, 150

Theoretical lenses for invisibility and social inequality
, 97–99

Tiktok platform, Indo-Fijian queers on
, 45–46

Trans enough
, 61

Transgender
, 53–54, 59

Transnational advocacy networks
, 182

Transnational forces of visibility and erasure
, 110–112

Transness, dominant narratives of
, 59

Transnormativity
, 53–54

Transversality principle
, 214

Treaty of the Lake of Success
, 210

UN International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD)
, 183

UnB
, 151

Unequal work
, 96

United Arab Emirates (UAE)
, 110

United Union Services
, 211

“Unmaking gender” process
, 58

Unpopular specialization
, 22

Violence
, 214

Visibility
, 5–12, 54, 119

of migrant domestic workers
, 110

processes
, 19

regulations as agents
, 112–113

transnational forces of
, 110–112

Vulagi (outsiders)
, 44

Weak intersectionality
, 233

Wealthy countries
, 182

Weber’s bias
, 18

Whiteness as Property
, 228, 231, 233

Wolf in sheep’s clothing
, 187–189

Women
, 16–17

of Mesogeia
, 95

migrant workers
, 92–93, 103

rights
, 148

socialization for self-deprecation
, 25

in sociology
, 16, 22

Work
, 93

history interviews
, 99

World society theory
, 182

Wrong-body model
, 59

Prelims
Part I: Gender Visibility and Erasure
Gender Visibility and Erasure: An Introduction
Chapter 1: Processes of Invisibility: Case Studies of Women in Sociology
Part II: Embodiment, Visibility and Erasure
Chapter 2: Behind the Mask: Intersectional (In)Visibility of Indo-Fijian Queer Experiences
Chapter 3: “Nobody Ever Correctly Recognizes Me”: Nonbinary Presentation, Visibility, and Safety Across Contexts
Chapter 4: False Identity and Failed Existence: Replacing Afro-Saxon Masculinities with Empire-Resistant Identities in Paule Marshall’s “Barbados” and Olive Senior’s “The View from the Terrace”
Part III: Intersectionality, Visibility and Erasure
Chapter 5: Invisibility, Relative Deprivation, and Social Stratification in Greece: A Study of Migrant Women’s Perceptions of Inequality at Work During the Crisis
Chapter 6: Written to be Erased: Paper Rights and the Visibility of Migrant Domestic Workers
Chapter 7: Ageism and Sexism: Invisibility and Erasure
Chapter 8: A Multidisciplinary and Intersectional Educational Approach for Motivating Adolescent Girls in STEM
Part IV: Gender-based Violence, Visibility and Erasure
Chapter 9: Measuring Violence, Erasing Struggles: Hermeneutical Injustice in Domestic Violence Research
Chapter 10: Global Consensus, Dissensus, and National Policy Development: Sterilization and Abortion in Peru
Chapter 11: Regulate or Abolish Sex Work? Feminist Approaches to the Sex Industry in the European Union
Part V: Concluding the Volume
Chapter 12: Rape on a Subway Train: Reflections on the Politics of Sexual Misconduct, Race, and Erasure
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