Queering the trans: Gender and sexuality binaries in Icelandic trans, queer, and feminist communities

Josephson, Jyl; Einarsdóttir, Þorgerður; Sigurðardóttir, Svandís Anna

doi:10.1177/1350506815625694

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“…However, the programmes have been targeted exclusively at cis-gendered (and heterosexual) men. In this way these programmes, focused on the promotion of gender equality, do not necessarily deconstruct the essentialism present in the dichotomous order [47]. The development of more inclusive programmes, which target a range of gender identities has the potential to advance alternative and new ways of thinking about gender (and violence) [18].…”

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What is there to learn about violence and masculinity from a genderqueer man?

Helman

Ratele

2018

Global Health Action

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Background: In light of the global health burden of violence, which is predominantly perpetrated by men, studies have explored the relationship between masculinities and violence. However, there is a relative lack of work focusing on non-hegemonic men and masculinities in relation to violence. Such work has the potential to advance violence prevention work. Objective: This article aims to show the shifting relationship between constructions of violent and non-violent masculinity in the talk of a genderqueer man. The article also aims to demonstrate how qualitative approaches are able to reveal the complexity and contradiction in accounts of masculine identities as these are negotiated within the context of the research interview. Methods: The article is based on a case study of Adam, a middle-class, ‘white’, ‘genderqueer’ man who participated in a larger study which explored the ways in which gender is constructed within 18 South African families. Adam’s interview is analysed using a Foucauldian discourse analysis. Results: The analysis demonstrates the complex and contradictory process involved in negotiating and resisting a violent version of masculinity. Constructing male violence as rooted in particular psychosocial and cultural assumptions, rather than as an automatic biological response, enables Adam to resist this violence. This deconstruction of violent masculinity is linked to Adam’s ‘genderqueer’ identity or ‘in-betweenness’, which facilitates a critical consciousness in relation to notions of gender. The analysis also demonstrates how notions of masculinity are deliberated and co-constructed within the relational context of the interview. Conclusions: This article shows that resisting and reformulating masculinity in non-violent ways is a complex process. This suggests that violence prevention efforts need to focus on the creation of spaces for ongoing dialogues about non-violence. As demonstrated by the context of the interview, relational, conversational spaces have the potential to facilitate the co-construction of non-violent masculinities.

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What is there to learn about violence and masculinity from a genderqueer man?

Helman

Ratele

2018

Global Health Action

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“…An additional danger, one associated with adopting a gender-critical analysis to the study of men, is that in doing so we re-essentialise men. This concern is particularly pertinent given the wider deconstruction of gender and gendered identifies occurring in academic and political spheres (Josephson et al, 2016). However, I would agree with Lohan (2015) that it is necessary to study men and masculinities in this way, albeit seeking to constantly critically consider what constitutes hegemonic masculinity and the ways this concept is challenged and disjointed, as doing so enables us to address 'questions concerning the salient cultural and symbolic ideals of masculinities in a given context and how power relations among men may be structured around such ideals' (p. 219).…”

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Men on the margins? Reflections on recruiting and engaging men in reproduction research

Law

2019

Methodological Innovations

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While social science research into reproduction is a vibrant and growing field of scholarly activity, the majority of research is conducted with women and focuses on women’s lives. Reproduction research which does focus on men tends to overlook aspects such as pre-conception desires for parenthood and planning. Scholars have argued for a greater inclusion of men in reproduction research, yet there is a paucity of methodological literature addressing how best to do so. This article reports methodological reflections from a qualitative study into men’s perceptions and intentions regarding the ‘right time’ to have children. It does this in reference to Critical Studies of Men and Masculinities – which foregrounds men as gendered beings and comprises the study of the gendered nature of men’s lives – as both a theoretical position influencing study conception and design and as an explanatory framework for enhancing understanding of the research encounter. The first part of the article describes the Critical Studies of Men and Masculinities–informed study conceptualisation and design, specifically the decisions to include unpartnered men in the sample and to address the absence of men in reproduction research in recruitment materials. It then goes on to discuss the most effective recruitment strategy employed, recruiting through informal gatekeepers, and to consider the consequences of this. The second part of the article presents data from the male participants pertaining to their stated motivations for participating, which relate to interest, helpfulness, and in response to perceived marginalisation, as well as their reflections on the interview encounter as enabling them to construct a narrative. It aims to extend knowledge and understanding regarding engaging men in reproduction research and to illustrate the utility of Critical Studies of Men and Masculinities for doing so, and in doing so to advance both reproduction research and discussions of Critical Studies of Men and Masculinities and methodology more broadly.

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“…A strict bi-categorization is still the organizing principle and impacts how people identify as women or men and how they are expected to behave. See Josephson, Einarsdóttir, and Sigurðardóttir (2016) for a critique of the dichotomous structure of the gender binary and how feminist, queer, and trans movements challenge the existing gender order, a challenge still in process. 2.…”

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The gender order in action: consistent evidence from two distinct workplace settings

Zinn

Hofmeister

2022

Journal of Gender Studies

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In this article, we elaborate an integrative framework of the gender order that considers gender as something simultaneously structurally outside of individual action and as constantly done through interaction. Combining a structural perspective with micro-interactionist accounts makes it possible to show how these mechanisms manifest themselves and how individuals engage with and concretely 'do gender' in situ. We focus on three mechanisms through which the gender order emphasizes difference and creates inequality: androcentrism, agentic masculinity, and female devaluation. We illustrate our elaboration of the gender order with empirical evidence from two dramatically different male-dominated employment settings, meat-processing and higher education, in Switzerland and Germany, respectively.

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Queering the trans: Gender and sexuality binaries in Icelandic trans, queer, and feminist communities

Cited by 7 publications

References 18 publications

What is there to learn about violence and masculinity from a genderqueer man?

What is there to learn about violence and masculinity from a genderqueer man?

Men on the margins? Reflections on recruiting and engaging men in reproduction research

The gender order in action: consistent evidence from two distinct workplace settings

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