Challenging the Myth of Gender Equality in Sweden

Download or read book Challenging the Myth of Gender Equality in Sweden written by Griffin, Gabriele and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2017-09 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sweden has the reputation of being one of the most gender-equal countries in the world, and it is often held up as a model for other societies--but the reality is much more complicated, as this volume shows. The first book to provide a thorough analysis of the myth of Swedish gender equality, it demonstrates how that dominant idea has become a form of heteronormative, racially specific nationalism that ultimately excludes those who fall outside the social norm.