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R:ETRO seminar with Lauren McCarthy: "Misogyny: Its Unspoken Presence in Organisation Studies"

  • 1.  R:ETRO seminar with Lauren McCarthy: "Misogyny: Its Unspoken Presence in Organisation Studies"

    Posted 06-05-2023 04:10
    R:ETRO Seminar Series
    Reputation: Ethics, Trust, and Relationships at Oxford

    Oxford University Centre for Corporate Reputation
    Saïd Business School


    Dear All,

    Please join us online on Monday, 12 June, at 4pm BST, for the final R:ETRO seminar of this term, hosted by the Oxford University Centre for Corporate Reputation.

    Lauren McCarthy (Bayes Business School) will be giving a paper entitled "Misogyny: Its Unspoken Presence in Organisation Studies."

    Abstract:

    Misogyny is a significant but unspoken presence in organisation studies. We argue that we should dare to speak its name for two reasons: First, misogyny provides a linguistic label for experiences of gendered hatred and violence, and second, it enables analysis, understanding, and challenges to the physical or symbolic violence that women experience in and around organisations. Drawing on recent developments in feminist analytic philosophy and sociology, we develop two related concepts: organised and organisational misogyny. We note the potential of talking about misogyny for our understanding of organisational life in individual experiences, collective affect, and as an influential social force. Despite the discomfort produced by hate-based concepts such as misogyny, we conclude that their exclusion from organisation studies has two effects: the reproduction of violent hostility, and acceptance of a partial account of multiple forms of oppression and inequality.

    Click here to register.

    I hope to see many of you there!

    All the best,
    Rita



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    Rita Mota
    Assistant Professor
    ESADE Business School
    Barcelona
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