Deal Or No Deal? The Hypermasculinity Of The ‘Businessperson As Leader’ Rhetoric

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Theresa May and other ministers have repeatedly claimed that no deal is better than a bad deal. Columba Achilleos-Sarll, a PhD candidate at the University of Warwick, argues that the discourse of both the referendum campaign and subsequent Brexit debates have been hypermasculine in nature. She points out that this has a number of undesirable consequences, such as reinforcing gendered stereotypes about successful political leadership and foreign policy.

Period12 Jun 2017

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  • TitleDeal Or No Deal? The Hypermasculinity Of The ‘Businessperson As Leader’ Rhetoric
    Media name/outletUCL European Institute
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date12/06/17
    DescriptionTheresa May and other ministers have repeatedly claimed that no deal is better than a bad deal. Columba Achilleos-Sarll, a PhD candidate at the University of Warwick, argues that the discourse of both the referendum campaign and subsequent Brexit debates have been hypermasculine in nature. She points out that this has a number of undesirable consequences, such as reinforcing gendered stereotypes about successful political leadership and foreign policy.
    Producer/AuthorUCL European Institute
    PersonsColumba Achilleos-Sarll