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Opposition to gender quotas in Sweden and Spain: Debates about gender equality in the film industry
Örebro University, School of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences. (Gender Studies/Centre for Feminist Social Science Research)ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7336-8015
Women’s and Gender Studies Institute, University of Granada, Spain.
2022 (English)In: Women's Studies: International Forum, ISSN 0277-5395, E-ISSN 1879-243X, Vol. 93, article id 102599Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

This article analyses how gender quotas in film policy are debated in the Spanish and Swedish film industries. By analysing public records, media material and interviews with industry stakeholders, four categories of arguments are found: (1) Arguments for quotas, articulating the problems women face in the industry; (2) Arguments against quotas related to the specificities of the industry; (3) Arguments for and against quotas which refer to women's shortcomings, and; (4) Arguments problematising quotas by feminists who want more transformative reforms. While policies are designed differently and have different conceptualisations of gender, arguments discussing quotas are similar in both countries. Gender equality policies in both countries seem unable to change the male norm in the industry. Arguments put forth by opponents tend to point to women's lack of talent and how quotas will jeopardise the industry, whereas feminist arguments problematising quotas point at the limitations of the reforms to seriously question structural inequalities.

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Elsevier, 2022. Vol. 93, article id 102599
Keywords [en]
Quotas, Gender equality, Resistance, Film policy, Comparativ, eWomen filmmakers
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Political Science (excluding Public Administration Studies and Globalisation Studies) Gender Studies
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Gender Studies; Political Science
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URN: urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-99413DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2022.102599ISI: 000804946000002Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85130314446OAI: oai:DiVA.org:oru-99413DiVA, id: diva2:1664389
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Representing women - gendering Swedish film culture
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Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, P17-0079:1Available from: 2022-06-03 Created: 2022-06-03 Last updated: 2022-06-16Bibliographically approved

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