%0 Journal Article
%T When Gender Training Backlashes: Participants¡¯ Resistance and the Fragility of Commonsensical Feminism
%A Henrik Nordvall
%A Malin Wieslander
%J Adult Education Quarterly
%@ 1552-3047
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0741713619841128
%X Feminist educators often encounter different forms of resistance from both male and female participants. This article uses a neo-Gramscian theoretical perspective to discuss the importance of considering this resistance when analyzing the relationship between pedagogical design and outcomes. The study draws on survey data and participant observation from a case study of a workshop designed to raise awareness of gender issues. The results from a before-and-after survey show that the workshop had the opposite effect to the one intended in terms of changes in the participants¡¯ perceptions of gender. Having a ¡°failed case¡± as the center of attention, the article sheds light on the fragility of mainstream discourse on gender equality and the dilemmas of engaging in a struggle over common sense
%K feminist pedagogy
%K resistance
%K neo-Gramscian theory
%K hegemony
%K common sense
%K popular education
%K gender training
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0741713619841128