In 2018, more women than ever have run for and been elected to public office in the United States. Moreover, there has been an increase in women’s collective actions aimed at improving the welfare of women. In this social and political context, we examined the motivational mechanisms of collective action among college women in response to gender inequality and discrimination. Little work has addressed how collective action among college women emerges in the context of their lives. Based on data from 20 interviews with U.S. college women and using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA), we developed a model that describes the process of mobilizing and maintaining engagement in collective action among college women and identifies the obstacles that they experience. Our findings extend prior research documenting the important roles of college women’s personal, social, and cultural life experiences in self-identification and collective action and describe additional obstacles and mechanisms of collective action. Researchers and activists alike could use the developed model to design strategies for mobilizing and sustaining activism among college women on behalf of all women.

中文翻译：

---

“我们为彼此挺身而出！” 美国女大学生集体行动的解释性现象学分析

In 2018, more women than ever have run for and been elected to public office in the United States. 此外，旨在改善妇女福利的妇女集体行动有所增加。在这种社会和政治背景下，我们研究了大学女性针对性别不平等和歧视采取集体行动的动机机制。很少有工作涉及大学女性的集体行动如何在她们的生活中出现。基于对美国大学女性的 20 次访谈数据，并使用解释性现象学分析 (IPA)，我们开发了一个模型，该模型描述了大学女性动员和维持集体行动参与的过程，并确定了她们所遇到的障碍。我们的研究结果扩展了先前的研究，记录了大学女性的个人、社会和文化生活经历在自我认同和集体行动中的重要作用，并描述了集体行动的其他障碍和机制。研究人员和激进主义者都可以使用开发的模型来设计策略，以代表所有女性在大学女性中动员和维持激进主义。