The Production of Masculinity in Interpersonal Communication

Spitzack, Carole

doi:10.1111/j.1468-2885.1998.tb00215.x

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“…These binary relations are not stable, of course. Their meanings stem from cultural and other contextually derived stereotypical perceptions of how, for example, one behaves as a man in a given cultural context (Eng, ; Spitzack, ). However, it is the ‘idealized’ and stereotypical perceptions (Mumby and Ashcraft, , p. 132) of masculinity that are of particular interest to the present study because stereotypical perceptions automatically frame how observers perceive their colleague with impairments (Goffman, ).…”

Section: Gender and Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

Gender and Disability: Feminizing Male Employees with Visible Impairments in Danish Work Organizations

Mik‐Meyer¹

2015

Gender, Work & Organization

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The purpose of this article is to examine how stereotypical gender perceptions relate to employees with physical impairments. This is done by investigating how employees and managers in 13 Danish work organizations draw on stereotypical perceptions of femininity when they talk about their colleague with cerebral palsy, and by examining how these stereotypical perceptions influence the work lives of the participating employees with cerebral palsy — as seen from their own perspective. The empirical point of departure is an interview study conducted in 2013 with 13 employees with cerebral palsy, 44 colleagues and 19 managers. In contrast to the findings of much research on gender and work, this study finds that stereotypically feminized perceptions of employees with cerebral palsy as weak, in need of help, etc., are linked to the impairments of the employee rather than his or her biological sex or the specific gender norms of the particular industry. The analysis of this article thus contributes to increase our understanding of gender processes in work organizations. More specifically, the article shows how impairments intersect with gender perceptions; in this case how the study participants with cerebral palsy are expected to relate to and reproduce stereotypically female behaviour — regardless of their biological sex.

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Section: Gender and Workmentioning

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Gender and Disability: Feminizing Male Employees with Visible Impairments in Danish Work Organizations

Mik‐Meyer¹

2015

Gender, Work & Organization

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“…To this end, many scholars have challenged the invisibility of LGBTQ individuals in interpersonal and family communication, and have called for greater awareness of heteronormativity in the field's research and pedagogy. Notable examples include Spitzack's () discussion of the production of masculinity in interpersonal communication; Heinz's () commentary on the invisibility of sexual minorities in communication research; and Foster's () call for reflexive pedagogies regarding heteronormativity in interpersonal communication. In addition, the body of interpersonal research on LGBTQ relationships and families is growing.…”

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Outing Heteronormativity in Interpersonal and Family Communication: Feminist Applications of Queer Theory “Beyond the Sexy Streets”

Chevrette

2013

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Within interpersonal and family communication, researchers have tended to construct and describe LGBTQ relationships in regard to a heterosexual norm. A review of recent research reveals the conceptual limitations of this framework, “outing” heteronormativity's influence on our understandings of nonheterosexual relationships. I outline the challenges of “queering” interpersonal and family communication research and argue that feminist theory can contribute to this process by (a) revealing the heteronormative assumptions perpetuated by dyadic models of communication, (b) challenging the public/private bifurcation, (c) complicating notions of identity, and (d) emphasizing intersectionality. The article concludes by discussing the implications a feminist queer perspective holds for interpersonal and family communication pedagogies and research.

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“…As mentioned previously, there is some agreement that masculinities are centered around constructions of power and domination (Hearn, 1993;Mumby, 1998;Spitzack, 1998) and that power and gender are central to issues of sexual harassment (Bingham, 1994;Grauerholz, 1994). Previous literature, however, has not drawn a clear picture of how gendered constructions of power may provide insight into why many men view fewer behaviors as harassing and more harassing behaviors as normal than do women.…”

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“…There are differences between everyday social constructions, or sense making, and organizational sense making, because, in general, organizations are much less taken for granted than everyday life (Weick, 1995). Historically, there is evidence that men tend to define power as the ability to control others (Hearn, 1993;Mumby, 1998;Spitzack, 1998), whereas women tend to increase power by sharing it with others (Marshall, 1993). Biological sex serves as the basis for the social construction of gender (Pearson & Davilla, 1993;Wood, 1994) 2.…”

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Dialogue through Standpoint

Dougherty¹

1999

Management Communication Quarterly

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Dougherty / STANDPOINTS ON SEXUAL HARASSMENT It is important to rethink sexual harassment by addressing the following question: Because most men do not harass women, why do men tend to be resistant to admitting the breadth and depth of sexual harassment in organizations? The author posits that because men and women do not understand each other's standpoints on sexual harassment, a gap exists between men's and women's understanding of what sexual harassment means. Specifically, men's power over standpoint and the related fear of marginalization clash with women's power with standpoint and the related fear of physical harm. The author concludes by suggesting that engaging in a dialogue with the goals of understanding and accepting other standpoints is necessary before sexual harassment can be approached in a humanistic manner.

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The Production of Masculinity in Interpersonal Communication

Abstract: These are claims on people's lives; the view from a body, always a complex, contradictory, structuring, and structured body, versus the view from above, from nowhere, from simplicity. (Donna Haraway, 1991, p. 195)

Cited by 9 publications

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Gender and Disability: Feminizing Male Employees with Visible Impairments in Danish Work Organizations

Gender and Disability: Feminizing Male Employees with Visible Impairments in Danish Work Organizations

Outing Heteronormativity in Interpersonal and Family Communication: Feminist Applications of Queer Theory “Beyond the Sexy Streets”

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