Patriarchal marketing and the symbolic annihilation of women
Year: 2020
Type: article
Abstract: In this commentary, I introduce the concept of patriarchal marketing in examining the persistence of gender inequality in marketing and consumer culture. I define patriarchal marketing as marketing that operates in accordance with a male-dominated power structure, in turn dominating, oppressing and exploiting women. I name this as a problem that produces the symbolic annihilation of women. In turn, this has three effects: trivialisation of the complexities of women’s lives, omission of those outside of the hegemonic feminine ideal and condemnation of women’s corporeality. I propose that the adoption of a feminist standpoint can challenge the oppressive power structures of patriarchal marketing that symbolically annihilate women.
Source: Journal of Marketing Management
Author: Lauren Gurrieri
Institution: RMIT University
Language: English
Subfield: Gender Studies
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W3091744262