Education and Masculinities

Haywood, Chris; Ghaill, Máirtín Mac an

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Section: Everyday Life Masculinities and Migrant Fatherhood In Neoliberal Chinamentioning

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“…Gender studies have approached the issue of fatherhood as a site of change, through which complex negotiations of paternal masculinity (Haywood and Mac an Ghaill, 2003) have developed. Diverse representations of fatherhood (see Chesley, 2011;Johansson and Klinth, 2008) have served as important cultural signifiers of contextualizing normalized masculinity, thus responding to the well-established field of critical studies on men and masculinities (see Connell, 1995;Haywood and Mac an Ghaill, 2003). In China, discussion on fatherhood is emerging (see Li, 2016;Liong, 2017), addressing both transformation and continuity engaging with traditional gender hierarchy, particularly in relation to patriarchy in the studies of gender relations in China.…”

Section: Everyday Life Masculinities and Migrant Fatherhood In Neoliberal Chinamentioning

confidence: 99%

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Young rural–urban migrant fathers in China: everyday ‘China Dream’ and the negotiation of masculinity

Lin

2019

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Section: Everyday Life Masculinities and Migrant Fatherhood In Neoliberal Chinamentioning

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Section: Everyday Life Masculinities and Migrant Fatherhood In Neoliberal Chinamentioning

confidence: 99%

Young rural–urban migrant fathers in China: everyday ‘China Dream’ and the negotiation of masculinity

Lin

2019

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“…This is particularly important given the dominance of hegemonic heterosexual masculinity and heteronormative assumptions that it entails. A gay standpoint also, as Haywood and Mac an Ghaill (2003), provides legitimacy of interpretation produced by those who are marginalised as well as enabling access to the views of social majorities.…”

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“…The advantages of a gay epistemological standpoint are that it allows the perspective of socially marginalised groups such as gay men to be made visible. In addition, it provides legitimacy of interpretation produced by those who are marginalised as well as enabling access to the views of social majorities (Haywood and Mac an Ghaill, 2003).…”

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Exploring how gay men manage their social identities in the workplace

Roberts

2011

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal

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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to look beyond the issue of disclosure/non‐disclosure in the workplace, to explore the ways gay men challenge, negotiate and conform in the two‐way process of managing their identities in what Jenkins terms the interaction order. In the validation of their external identities, the author aims to identify critical incidents and experiences in gay men's working lives in which they have resisted or challenged identities, labels and stereotypes ascribed by others.Design/methodology/approachData were gathered through ten semi‐structured interviews with self‐identified gay men in a wide range of occupations and age ranges working in Bournemouth, UK.FindingsThe data focus on the fluidity of identity and the impact of organisational context. In their self‐presentations a number of strategies were deployed. The respondents experienced exclusion, stereotyping, being viewed as a piece of curiosity, silence, discomfort and a marked identity in the eyes of others. In response to these reactions, themes of compliance, conformity and adopting an educator role were uncovered.Research limitations/implicationsAlthough the findings presented are not necessarily generalizable, themes of exclusion, silence and marked identities were uncovered that echo many previous studies of gay men's experiences in the workplace.Originality/valueLittle research has been done on identity management in the workplace beyond the issue of disclosure of sexual identity. In particular, there has been limited focus on how gay men challenge, negotiate and modify the labels and social identities ascribed by others in what Jenkins terms the interaction order. Nor does there seem to be any research on whether gay men have modified the management of their social identities throughout their working lives.

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“…Masculinity is more than sex, gender and desire. There is an active cultural production of masculinity that lies within the wider context of the social organization of the sex/gender role (Haywood & Mac an Ghaill, 2003).…”

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Women only? an Exploration of the Place of Men within Nursing

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This dissertation came out of my wondering why there are still so few men going into nursing especially when one considers that the history of nursing reveals men have been a part of nursing for a long time. In New Zealand it is only since the mid seventies that men have been able to gain the exact same nursing qualifications as their women colleagues. Men in nursing are still seen as unusual in that they work in a predominantly female occupation and have had their masculinity questioned by the myth that all men in nursing must be gay. There is also the notion that caring is a difficult task for men and is seen by society as a uniquely feminine ability. Both issues are related to dominant notions of masculinity. In addition to this there is currently a crisis in terms of a nursing shortage and it has been suggested that one way to resolve this crisis is to encourage more men into nursing. Thus this exploration as to why there are so few men in nursing is timely. Men who choose nursing as a career risk challenging the traditional roles of their gender stereotype. A comprehensive search of the literature from different disciplines reveals deeper issues than just the commonly held assumption that nursing is not masculine. Exploring the issues of gender with a particular focus on masculinity has uncovered the concept of hegemonic masculinity. This describes how gender is practiced in a way that legitimises patriarchy, reinforcing the dominant position of men overiwomen as well as over other groups of men. It is these patriarchal attitudes that have seen men marginalised within nursing. On the one hand men in nursing could be seen as challenging the current dominant masculine ideal. However, on the other hand men in nursing may not challenge this hegemonic masculinity; instead often supporting the status quo in an effort to maintain their own masculinity. The implication for nursing, if it is to increase the numbers of men in the profession, is to challenge this notion of hegemonic masculinity. This needs to be done appropriately by critically examining this concept rather than by merely replacing one hegemony with another. A greater awareness of how hegemonic masculinity and notions of gender have historically affected, and continue to affect the development of nursing is important. However, issues of gender and masculinity have often been overlooked in nursing education. It is now time for nursing education to include a critical exploration of gender issues and how it relates to men as part of undergraduate nursing education for both men and women students.

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Education and Masculinities

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Young rural–urban migrant fathers in China: everyday ‘China Dream’ and the negotiation of masculinity

Young rural–urban migrant fathers in China: everyday ‘China Dream’ and the negotiation of masculinity

Exploring how gay men manage their social identities in the workplace

Women only? an Exploration of the Place of Men within Nursing

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