ERIC Number: EJ1407994
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
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Manifestations of Neoliberal Feminism in U.S. Teacher Lactation Behaviours
Kelsey Benson; Ajay Sharma
Gender and Education, v36 n1 p19-36 2024
This study investigates the material-discursive contexts available for lactation amongst U.S. teachers who wish to continue nursing [a] child(ren) upon returning full-time to the classroom. Using critical feminist methodologies, we interviewed teacher-parents who chose to lactate or nurse their infants while at school. The study suggests that schools in the United States might be rife with neo-patriarchy that is highly oppressive to teacher-parents. Further, we found that the few discursive strategies available to lactating teacher-parents to navigate a tenuous work/life balance tend to be largely rooted in the highly individualized, responsibilised discourse of neoliberal feminism that is woefully inadequate to pose any serious challenge to the entrenched neo-patriarchy in schools.
Descriptors: Teachers, Parents, Mothers, Employed Parents, Infants, Nutrition, Teacher Behavior, Neoliberalism, Feminism, Power Structure, Advantaged, Family Work Relationship, Political Attitudes, Work Environment
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Language: English
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