Sociologist and feminist Rosalind Gill questions the model of women's empowerment promoted by the neoliberal discourse during a conference at the UJI



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## Sociologist and feminist Rosalind Gill questions the model of women's empowerment promoted by the neoliberal discourse during a conference at the UJI

20/05/2019 |
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The Universitat Jaume I, together with the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos in Madrid, held the conference "Keeping up with empowerment and popular misoginy: re-writing female victimhood" in which different perspectives on feminism and neoliberalism were reflected upon.

Rosalind Gill, professor at the University of London, gave the inaugural lecture in which she addressed the rise of the messages of confidence and self-esteem in the context of neoliberalism and the implications that this entails. Gill pointed out that we are at a time when feminism is a trend but so is misogyny, sexism, racism or nationalism. In this sense, she has explained that there is a feminism that has been integrated into the neoliberal capitalist system and this perspective "is not only leading to individualism but also affects a psychological aspect. Neoliberalism is in all aspects of life, not only in politics or economics, but also operates as a psychological phenomenon," she said.

On this subject, the professor has delved into the subject of confidence and how is being promoted in media and industry. "I am not against trust and positive thinking but one has to question how it is being promoted as a solution to inequality and injustice. It's a discourse that tells women that they have to work more on themselves, not that it's a political problem," she said.

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