作者 |
陳宜倩(世新大學性別研究所)
摘要 |
近百年前,女性主義者為爭取權利或決定自己的生活方式,不論中外皆選擇「單身」,今日社會呢?在婦女解放運動與性別平等議題的倡議中,男性還是缺席嗎?男人究竟能不能成為女性主義思想的主體?女性主義的版圖中包括男性研究嗎?這「男人」與「女人」的分類基礎有實益嗎?從「婦女研究」到「性別研究」或「性/別研究」,「男性」這個類別下的不同樣貌也隨之展現,我們可以重新想像一個跨越國境又在地深耕、包含男性的女性主義取徑嗎?
在仔細探究「到底什麼是男人」、分析「男子氣概」後,本文以性別工作平等法關於育嬰假規範之性別政治為例,分析婦女運動、兩性(後更名為性別)工作平等法立法歷程、及其施行後之法律實務與公共政策討論,思索男性與婦女運動的關係,企圖提出一個包含男性並積極對男性倡議之女性主義理論與運動路徑建議。
關鍵字 |
男子氣概、男性研究、育嬰假、女性主義理論、性別歧視、工作家庭衝突
Title |
Imagining a Men-Inclusive Feminist Approach?An Example of Child Care Leave in the GenderEquality Employment Act of Taiwan
Author |
Yi-Chien Chen(Graduate Institute for Gender StudiesShih Hsin University)
Abstract |
Some feminists in the US or Taiwan, either to fight for women’s rights or to choose the way they want to lead their lives, have opted to stay away from men. What is the situation today? Are men still absent from the women’s movement or avoiding advocating gender equality? Can men be the subject in feminist thinking? Does the landscape of feminism include men? Is the separation of women from men really necessary?
From women’s studies to gender studies/sexuality studies, in the context of Taiwan and in the Chinese-speaking environment, the picture of men has changed over time. Can we re-imagine a men-inclusive feminist approach which grows out of the local context and is valid across borders?
After exploring “masculinities,” this article will use the child care leave gender politics appearing in discussion of the Gender Equality Employment Act of Taiwan as an example, to analyze the related public debates and practices at work, to think of the relations between men and women’s movement, and hope to propose a men-inclusive feministactivism approach and related law reform for Taiwan.
Keywords |
masculinities, Men’s Study, child care leave, feminist theory,gender discrimination, work-family conflict