Doing Gender Well and Differently in Dirty Work: The Case of Exotic Dancing

Mavin, Sharon; Grandy, Gina

doi:10.1111/j.1468-0432.2011.00567.x

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“…In the extant literature exotic dancing is posited as physically, socially and / or morally tainted (Ashforth and Kreiner, 1999;Grandy, 2008;Mavin and Grandy, 2013;Bradley, 2007;Thompson, Harred and Burks, 2003). In this research, dancers' accounts of their lived experiences reveal evidence of both social (e.g., servile, in contact with "sleazy" men) and moral (e.g., commercial sexual contact) taint, but not physical taint.…”

Section: Stigma Awarenessmentioning

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Emotion management as struggle in dirty work: the experiences of exotic dancers

Grandy

Mavin

2014

IJWOE

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Abstract:We further the research to date on ambiguity, ambivalence and contradiction in organisation studies by integrating the dirty work and emotion management literatures. Our intent is to better understand the complex cognitive processes underpinning everyday experiences of those working in what has been perceived to be a high-breadth high-depth stigmatised occupation, that is, exotic dancing. Dancers' stories reveal they are acutely aware of social and moral taint associated with the work and in turn their self-identities. They adopt a number of strategies to manage their spoiled identities and we contribute by unpicking the cognitive processes that underpin these strategies. In extending strategies of emotional ambivalence at work and stigma management, we conclude that through a lens of emotion management as struggle, exotic dancers, and more broadly dirty workers, do not 'resolve' the ambivalence, contradiction and ambiguity they confront but can be seen to experience at best a type of contingent coherence in their everyday work.

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Emotion management as struggle in dirty work: the experiences of exotic dancers

Grandy

Mavin

2014

IJWOE

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“…The body is an agent of social practice which can constrain, facilitate, mediate and influence social practices (Messerschmidt, 2009), therefore, "for a woman, to do gender well or appropriately, evaluated against and accountable to, sex-category, she performs expected feminine behaviour, through a socially perceived female body" (Mavin and Grandy, 2010, p. 5). However, in following Mavin and Grandy (2010), we also recognise gender as multiplicity (of the third space), as a social and cultural practice where binaries have possibility for disruption and displacement by practices and performances which switch position (Linstead and Pullen, 2006). This multiplicity can be seen in doing gender well (against sex category) and doing gender differently (switching/combining masculinities and femininities) (Linstead and Pullen, 2006;Kelan, 2010).…”

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Fed‐up with Blair's babes, Gordon's gals, Cameron's cuties, Nick's nymphets

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Cunningham

2010

Gender in Management: An International Journal

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Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to highlight gendered media constructions which discourage women's acceptability as political leaders and trivialise or ignore their contribution. Design/methodology/approach -Media analysis of UK newspapers, government web sites, worldwide web relating to the UK 2010 government election, women MPs and in particular representations of Harriet Harman and Theresa May. Findings -Media constructions of UK women political leaders are gendered and powerful in messaging women's (un)acceptability as leaders against embedded stereotypes. Being invisible via tokenism and yet spotlighted on the basis of their gender, media constructions trivialize their contribution, thus detracting from their credibility as leaders.Research limitations/implications -UK-based study grounded in opportune "snapshot" media analysis during election and resultant formation of UK coalition Government. Focus on two women political leaders, results may not be generalisable. Practical implications -Raises awareness of the numerical minority status of UK women political leaders, the invisibility-visibility contradiction and the power of the media to construct women leaders against gender stereotypes. Call for continued challenge to gendered leader stereotypes and women's representation in UK political leadership. Originality/value -Highlights power of media to perpetuate gender stereotypes of UK women political leaders.

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“…Their male-worker bodies are crafted and formed to be utilised for some economic (and personal) outcome (c.f. Mavin and Grandy, 2011), that ultimately ends in injury, defeat and failure. The study has illustrated how the discipline functions and what kinds of (newly crafted) male bodies get talked about.…”

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Organizing masculine bodies in rugby league football: groomed to fail

Coupland

2014

Organization

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In the article I argue that a study of high contact sports, such as rugby league, can illuminate a discursive space in which the production of organized, docile, masculine, bodies, engaged in emotional labour are crafted and mobilized through disciplinary practices. Participants from a rugby league football club and their trainers have been interviewed and observed as part of a larger ethnographic study. The analysis provides a contrast to and develops understanding from studies of the organized female body, which have long argued that they are subject to disciplinary forces in the workplace (e.g. Trethewey, 1999), by illustrating how masculine bodies may also be made docile in particular organizational contexts. The article explores the organization of masculine bodies in professional sport as an example of the production of masculinity in a work environment. I conclude by suggesting that these masculine bodies are worked upon to be fit for organizational purpose in a similar way to how women's bodies are crafted to fit in male-dominated work environments. This is not simply through an imposition of more powerful ideologies but as simultaneous products and producers of the organized body. Furthermore, despite these efforts, the bodies become no longer fit for use with the passage of time. The erosion of ability due to injury and competition from younger, fitter, bodies ensure that their working lives are brought to an abrupt close.

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Doing Gender Well and Differently in Dirty Work: The Case of Exotic Dancing

Cited by 107 publications

References 60 publications

Emotion management as struggle in dirty work: the experiences of exotic dancers

Emotion management as struggle in dirty work: the experiences of exotic dancers

Fed‐up with Blair's babes, Gordon's gals, Cameron's cuties, Nick's nymphets

Organizing masculine bodies in rugby league football: groomed to fail

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