This chapter deals with three sites of neo-liberalism. The first is labour, which reveals how neo-liberalism intensifies many women’s economic vulnerability. The second is the masculine work environment and institutional culture that it naturalises, and the third is the impact of neo- liberalism on activism, education, and training. In each of these sites, gender hierarchies interact with economic systems to reinforce patriarchal and heterosexist subjectivities, interpersonal and power relations, and institutional cultures.
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