Negotiating hegemonic femininity in Trump's world - the positioning of "Woman" as a political tool in media discourse

这项拟议的研究通过关注霸权女性气质的适应性来扩展这位研究者的MRE--这是语言和性别研究中很少探索的领域。霸权男子气概的概念是由康奈尔(1987，第300页)提出的：“维持将男性对女性的统治制度化的做法”。然而，康奈尔因忽视女性气质的理论化而受到批评(巴金，2014)。霸权女性气质的概念后来被Schippers(2007，第94页)定义为：“拥有被定义为女性特征的、建立并合法地与霸权男性气概建立等级和互补关系的特征”。根据这一定义，那些认为自己是女性，但却采取了挑战父权制度的做法的人，将从属于那些遵循互补的异性性别二元观念的女性。然而，霸权女性气质如何适应当下的社会政治气候，在理论和研究中都被忽视了。这个项目将通过调查全球政治辩论和地方性别做法之间的对话关系来填补这一空白，这种对话关系越来越多地通过主流和社交媒体表现出来。这项研究将是实用的、可接触的和可理解的，通过关注媒体上对女性气质的表现，这是对日常性别实践产生强大影响的。这项研究将履行研究人员的道德义务，提供有可能改善社会的见解。

The proposed research expands this researcher's MRes by focusing on the adaptability of hegemonic femininity - an area little explored in Language and Gender research. The concept of hegemonic masculinity was introduced by Connell (1987, p. 300) as: 'the maintenance of practices that institutionalise men's dominance over women'. However, Connell was criticised for neglecting the theorisation of femininity (Budgeon, 2014). The concept of hegemonic femininity was later defined by Schippers (2007, p. 94) as: 'the possession of characteristics defined as womanly that establish and legitimate a hierarchical and complementary relationship to hegemonic masculinity'. By this definition, those people who identify as woman(ly), and yet enact practices which challenge the patriarchal system, will be subordinated to those women who comply with the ideal of a complementary, heteronormative gender binary. However, how hegemonic femininity may adapt to the current socio-political climate has been neglected in both theory and research. This project will fill this gap by investigating the dialogic relationship between global political debate and local gender practices, which is increasingly played out through both mainstream and social media. The research will be practical, accessible and understandable by focusing on representations of femininity across the media, which is a powerful influencer of day-to-day gender practices. The research will fulfil a moral obligation of researchers to provide insights which have the potential to improve society.