The EU as a Gender Equal Polity: Myths and Realities
The EU as a Gender Equal Polity: Myths and Realities
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欧盟作为性别平等政体：神话与现实
DOI：
10.1111/j.1468-5965.2009.02046.x
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发表时间：
2010
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通讯作者：
Heather Macrae
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作者：
Heather Macrae
两性平等是欧洲联盟(欧盟)基本神话的一个重要方面。然而，尽管有许多平等政策，性别神话在很大程度上并没有在欧洲女性中创造出一种忠诚感。本文通过两个案例研究--育儿假政策和航空业自由化--来探讨为什么性别平等的神话没有在欧洲女性中引起共鸣。第一个案例表明，如果欧洲的性别叙事与争论不休的国家神话发生冲突，欧盟的叙事可能会受到破坏。第二个案例表明，如果欧盟的性别倡议被迫与经济领域的主导叙事竞争，它们很快就会受到破坏。换言之，尽管欧盟的性别神话有着良好的立法现实基础，但它太薄弱了，无法创造出它所设想的性别平等政治。
Gender equality is an important aspect of the foundational myths of the European Union (EU). However, despite a number of equality policies, the gender myth has been largely unsuccessful in creating a sense of loyalty among European women. This article draws on two cases studies, parental leave policy and liberalization of the airline industry, to investigate why the myth of gender equality has not resonated with European women. The first case demonstrates that, if the European gender narrative runs up against contending national myths, the EU narrative may be undermined. The second case shows that if EU gender initiatives are forced to compete with dominant narratives in the economic sphere, they are quickly undermined. In other words, the EU gender myth, though well grounded in legislative reality, is too weak to create the gender equal polity that it envisions.