Gender Policing: Comments on Down Girl

2020 ◽  
Vol 101 (1) ◽  
pp. 236-241
Author(s):  
Lori Watson
Keyword(s):  
Gender Policing

The carceral production of transgender poverty: How racialized gender policing deprives transgender women of housing and safety

2021 ◽  
pp. 146247452110178
Author(s):  
Dilara Yarbrough
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Transgender Women ◽  
Service Organizations ◽  
Survival Strategies ◽  
Poor People ◽  
Gender Policing ◽  
Transitional Living ◽  
Laws And Policies ◽  
And Migration ◽  
Racialized Gender

Based on interviews and ethnography, this article analyzes how racialized gender policing in public space and service organizations deprives transgender women of survival resources. Although transgender women are disproportionately the targets of enforcement, most studies of the criminalization of homelessness, drug use, sex work and migration exclude their experiences. Studies that do include transgender women often focus narrowly on anti-prostitution laws and enforcement, overlooking other laws and policies that contribute to criminalization and poverty. This article analyzes the confluence between policing of transgender women’s identities and survival strategies in public space and in agencies meant to serve poor people (including shelters, drug treatment facilities and transitional living programs). Laws regulating access to public space combine with rules regulating gender in service organizations to both criminalize and create transgender poverty. More broadly, the carceral production of transgender poverty demonstrates that criminalization is not only a consequence but also a cause of both poverty and inequality.

‘Boozers and Bouncers’: Masculine Conflict, Disengagement and the Contemporary Governance of Drinking-Related Violence and Disorder

2005 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 283-297 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Tomsen
Keyword(s):  
New South ◽  
Young Male ◽  
Focus Group Study ◽  
Common Pattern ◽  
Security Officers ◽  
Self Image ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Gender Policing ◽  
Professional Self ◽  
Public Drinking

The links between crime, violence and male offending are now more deeply researched in a growing international literature that understands much antisocial and criminal behaviour as a social resource for the attainment and protection of masculine identities. Nevertheless, the tie between masculinity and nonoffending has been much less explored. This focus group study of understandings of public drinking-related conflict and violence among young male drinkers and security officers in a combined urban and rural district of New South Wales illustrates the significance and complexity of these links. Masculine concerns inform a readiness for involvement with conflict and its enjoyment through the prominence of issues of social status, gender policing, honour and carnival during different social occasions. But this must be understood in relation to the different masculinity ‘projects’ (Connell, 1995) that contrast security officers with an idealised professional self-image and the majority of drinkers, from a more violent minority. A surprisingly common pattern of ‘respectable’ masculine subjectivity informs disengagement from serious violence. This is often characterised by an exaggerated view of the rational male self as safe and in control of most social interaction in dangerous public contexts. The pitfalls of this may even be enhanced by the new influence of campaigns around ‘risky’ public drinking that aim to instill ideals of responsible self-governance.

LGBTQ+ Latino/a Young People’s Interpretations of Stigma and Mental Health: An Intersectional Minority Stress Perspective

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel M. Schmitz ◽  
Brandon Andrew Robinson ◽  
Jennifer Tabler ◽  
Brett Welch ◽  
Sidra Rafaqut
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Young People ◽  
Health Inequalities ◽  
Minority Stress ◽  
People Of Color ◽  
Structural Racism ◽  
Gender Policing ◽  
Prejudice And Discrimination ◽  
Social Prejudice

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and/or queer (LGBTQ+) young people of color encounter interlocking systems of social prejudice and discrimination. However, little is understood about how subjective meanings of perceived structural stigma associated with multiple marginalized social statuses influence mental health. We document how perceived stigma can shape mental health inequalities among multiply marginalized individuals if they also encounter stigmatizing societal frameworks. Data come from in-depth interviews with 41 LGBTQ+ Latino/a young adults in the Rio Grande Valley collected from 2016 to 2017. Utilizing an intersectional minority stress framework, we qualitatively examine how young people conceptualize structural stigma, their multiple social locations (e.g., sexuality, gender, race/ethnicity, age), and their mental health. Findings highlight how LGBTQ+ Latino/a young adults experience structural racism, gender policing, and anti-LGBTQ+ religious messages in relation to their mental health. This study showcases the importance of an intersectional minority stress framework for documenting processes that can shape mental health inequalities.

Self-presentation and gender on social media: an exploration of the expression of “authentic selves”

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Klaudia Kondakciu ◽  
Melissa Souto ◽  
Linda Tuncay Zayer
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Theoretical Work ◽  
Protective Measure ◽  
Valuable Insight ◽  
Visual Data ◽  
Self Presentation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Authentic Self ◽  
Gender Policing ◽  
And Gender

Purpose In response to calls for more research on gender(s) in digital contexts, this paper aims to ask, how do individuals engage in self-presentation of their gender identities on social media? Design/methodology/approach Using a multi-method qualitative approach, this research explores the narratives of 17 Millennials as they negotiate their online gender expressions with a particular focus on the image-based social platforms, Facebook and Instagram. Specifically, in-depth interviews, a collage technique and visual data from informants’ social media pages were analyzed to identify emergent themes. Findings Drawing on the theoretical work of Goffman’s (1971) self-presentation and Butler’s (1999) gender performance, this research highlights a pervading discourse of authenticity or the desire for Millennial social media users to craft and perform a perceived “authentic self” online. This often entails both expressions of gender fluidly and gender policing. Further, four strategies emerge in the data which reveal how individuals negotiate and navigate their gendered self-presentation online, either in an agentic manner or as a protective measure. Originality/value While much research exists on online self-presentation, gender(s) has been under-researched in a digital context. Existing studies examine the content of social media pages (e.g. Facebook profiles or women’s Instagram pages) as it relates to gender, but largely do not explore the lived experiences and narratives of individuals as they negotiate their gendered expressions. In addition, the use of visual data through the collage technique adds valuable insight into how gender is experienced and performed. Findings reveal that while Millennials are often touted as a gender-fluid generation, tensions still exist in online gendered expressions.

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