Postfeminist career retreatism among women leaders in the public sector
研究了公共部门女性领导者如何在强调个人主义和赋权的后女权主义文化中，将职业退缩归因于自身而非外部性别障碍，从而维持了歧视性现状。
We examine how postfeminism with its emphasis on individualism, empowerment and the assumption that equality is achieved, is implicated in how women leaders respond to a gendered work culture. Drawing on interviews with women leaders in the Northern Ireland public sector, and through thematic analysis, we demonstrate how they enact postfeminist norms, rejecting postfeminist career promises. We develop the notion of postfeminist career retreatism to encapsulate how despite experiences of a gendered culture, they locate the decision to retreat from their career within themselves. Consequently, external barriers to equality are translated into individual shortcomings, leaving the discriminatory status quo intact.