Women and Care: Subjectification in Times of the Rising Adult Worker Model – An Intersectional Perspective

Abstract

Drawing on Foucault’s approach of Governmentality, the article highlights the impact of the activation paradigm linked with the rise of the adult worker model on women’s subjectification from a genealogic and intersectional perspective, using the example of Germany. Focusing on the aspect of care and women’s tensions between worker- and carer-role, the article presents and discusses results from a qualitative secondary analysis using an intersectional multi-level analysis. The analysis links the levels of gender norms, (gender) identity and social structure, which enables to further understand the status quo of current gender relations.

Keywords: Subjectification, Adult Worker Model, Care, Intersectional Multi-Level Analysis, Genealogy.