Conforming to and Resisting Dominant Gender Norms

How Male and Female Nursing Students Do and Undo Gender

Bibliographic Data

ID5798221
AuthorsJustin Douglas Mcdonald (0000-0002-8189-1516, University of Colorado Boulder, corresponding author), James Mcdonald (0000-0001-5454-372X)
Year2012
Volume20
Issue5
Pages561-579
Publication date2012-06-27
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueGender Work and Organization (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0968-6673 • E-ISSN: 1468-0432
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1468-0432.2012.00604.x
OpenAlexW2143109883
LanguageEN
Citations received37
References cited44

Much existing research has shown that men are able to construct and enact masculine identities in female-dominated occupational contexts. However, few studies have examined the experiences of both men and women in these occupations. Furthermore, few studies attend to how men and women in these occupations both conform to and resist gender norms. In this study, I draw on the undoing gender frameworks developed by Deutsch and Butler to address the limitations mentioned above. Most notably, this study attends to the ways in which male and female nursing students do gender by conforming to dominant gender norms, as well as undo gender by resisting these norms. The main contribution of this study is thus to show the multiple ways through which gender can be done and undone in the professional training of both male and female nurses. The results of this study demonstrate the importance of attending to both women and men in research on female-dominated occupations and of examining both similarities and differences in the gender performances of men and women

Doing gender · Gender psychology · Undo · Undoing · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Work-Family Balance Challenges

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