Negotiating Masculinity in a Post-Socialist Society
The Case of Chinese Male Nurses
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2392202 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anita Kit Wa Chan (0000-0002-5805-8948, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, corresponding author), Tevin Shuhan Fang (The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 303-319 |
| Publication date | 2023-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociological Research Online (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1360-7804 • E-ISSN: 1360-7804 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/13607804211046970 |
| OpenAlex | W3205003252 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 39 |
Occupational gender inequalities are an important sociological concern. Studies on men in female-dominated occupations, such as nursing, have offered rich insights to advance our understanding of gender dynamics in contemporary society. However, current theoretical and empirical accounts have been mostly dominated by Westernized discussions. Utilizing insights from critical studies on men and masculinities, alongside Chinese masculinities studies, this article seeks to enrich the discourse by examining the working experiences of 12 Chinese male nurses in a city hospital. It identifies a culturally specific stigma faced by filial Chinese men. It unravels the masculinity strategies and gender capital, and their effects, used by Chinese male nurses to defend their ability and contributions. It reveals the difficulties and paradoxes arising when men negotiate new hegemonic masculine ideals in post-socialist China. This article provides a nuanced understanding of non-Western masculinities and insights into practices that have been used to sustain male dominance in female-dominated and emotionally demanding jobs
Capitalism · China · Hegemonic masculinity · Hegemony · Masculinity · Negotiation · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender Studies · Work-Family Balance Challenges
China's human resources for health
Maintaining Masculinity
Making Class and Gender
Masculine Compromise
Qualitative Researching
Introducing Gender and Women’s Studies
Masculinity, Labour, and Neoliberalism
Lived Experiences of Novice Male Nurses in Taiwan
Still a Man's World? Revisiting Men Who Do Women's Work
Contradictions and Tensions
Men Choosing Nursing
Girls’ Jobs for the Boys? Men, Masculinity and Non‐Traditional Occupations
Masculinity and Non‐Traditional Occupations
Naming Men as Men
The missing and needed male nurse
Filial son’, the family and identity formation among male migrant workers in urban China
Crossing Over
Examining Men’s Status Shield and Status Bonus
Are You Man Enough to be a Nurse? The Impact of Ambivalent Sexism and Role Congruity on Perceptions of Men and Women in Nursing Advertisements
The medical arms race and its impact in Chinese hospitals
Caring moments and their men
Exploring identities and practices of Taiwanese men working in family day care
Masculinizing fatherhood
Revisiting the Glass Escalator
Gender performance in qualitative studies of masculinities
Masculinised jobs, feminised jobs and men's 'gender capital' experiences
Be a Responsible and Respectable Man
Chinese Young Men's Construction of Exemplary Masculinity
Masculinity at Work
The Glass Escalator, Revisited
Hegemonic Masculinity
Theory Construction in Qualitative Research
Stopgappers? The Occupational Trajectories of Men in Female-Dominated Occupations
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