"Congrats, You Have an All-Male Panel!"

I expect more from the men with whom I have worked for many years. I expect them to recognize the expertise of wonderful women colleagues near and far. The pervasive existence of all-male panels keeps women’s expertise invisible and in the margins. It also reproduces white middle-aged (and older) me...

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Published in:International feminist journal of politics 2016-09, Vol.18 (3), p.470
Main Author: Särmä, Saara
Format: Article
Language:English
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Feminism
International relations
Meritocracy
Older people
Sexism
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Summary:I expect more from the men with whom I have worked for many years. I expect them to recognize the expertise of wonderful women colleagues near and far. The pervasive existence of all-male panels keeps women’s expertise invisible and in the margins. It also reproduces white middle-aged (and older) men as the only source of serious expertise in many fields. Feminists have been paying attention to this issue for decades, yet the phenomenon is going strong and largely unquestioned. Expertise seems to “stick” to particular men, like negative attributes “stick” to the figure of the immigrant (Ahmed 2004). This produces an illusion of meritocracy where only “the best” were asked to be on a panel, while there are plenty of at least equally qualified women around, but their expertise is just not recognized.
ISSN:1461-6742
1468-4470
DOI:10.1080/14616742.2016.1189671