Suhomlinova, Olga and O'Shea, Saoirse Caitlin and Boncori, Ilaria (2023) Rethinking gender diversity: Transgender and gender nonconforming people and gender as constellation. Gender, Work and Organization, 31 (5). pp. 1766-1785. DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/gwao.13073
Suhomlinova, Olga and O'Shea, Saoirse Caitlin and Boncori, Ilaria (2023) Rethinking gender diversity: Transgender and gender nonconforming people and gender as constellation. Gender, Work and Organization, 31 (5). pp. 1766-1785. DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/gwao.13073
Suhomlinova, Olga and O'Shea, Saoirse Caitlin and Boncori, Ilaria (2023) Rethinking gender diversity: Transgender and gender nonconforming people and gender as constellation. Gender, Work and Organization, 31 (5). pp. 1766-1785. DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/gwao.13073
Abstract
In this article, we challenge the mainstream view of gender rooted in binary cisnormativity and suggest that the gender frameworks used to inform organizational research and practice are inadequate with respect to the range of transgender and gender nonconforming (TGNC) identities. We employ Hacking’s “dynamic nominalism” to illustrate how evolving classifications of TGNC people operate as a discriminating factor that threatens their lived experiences. As an alternative to the binary cisnormative metaphor of gender as a spectrum, we adopt a more inclusive metaphor of a gender constellation and sketch out its potential conceptualisation that promotes multidimensional, non-hierarchical, dynamic approaches to gender diversity.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | diversity; dynamic nominalism; gender constellation; gender nonconforming; non-binary; transgender |
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Essex Business School |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 11 Apr 2024 11:44 |
Last Modified: | 23 Aug 2024 21:22 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/36411 |
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