Ward, L. (2014) 'Just play the game’: exploring how masculinities shape emotionality within male dominated organisations. Seminar Presentation presented to: Centre For the Study of Women and Gender Graduate Seminar Series: Masculinities and Gender in Organisations, The University of Warwick, 30 April 2014. (Unpublished)
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| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Seminar Presentation) |
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| Abstract: | The authors previous work on the military focused on how emotions were constructed and understood within the military environment. It was found that as opposed to masculinities being a barrier to emotionality (Higate, 2005), they rather provided a lens to which all experiences were understood. For example, some emotional expression was deemed ‘appropriately masculine’ (e.g. if someone was hurt whilst on operation) for a limited period of time, whereas other forms of emotional expression was deemed ‘inappropriately feminine’ (e.g. crying because you are missing family). Thus, masculinities and femininities provided a blueprint for the appropriateness of emotionality. Similar to the Military, Fire fighting and policing in the United Kingdom has traditionally been and remains a male dominated organisation (Baigent, 2001; Lewis, 2004), of which is argued to be linked to construction of this traditional masculine culture within these three organisations (Baigent, 2001; Brown, 1998; Dodsworth, 2007; Higate, 2005; Holdway and Parker, 1998; Sutton, 1992; Piqueo and Greene, 2000 ). The current work sets to conduct 40 interviews with both males and female; 20 with the fire Service and 20 with the Police. These interviews aim to explore how the construction of a ‘good’ police officer/fire fighter mediates emotional expression. In addition, interview data on the Military will be reanalysed, using a different methodological viewpoint; Discourse Analysis. It is hoped that this research will provide more understanding of how gendered discourses moderates how we talk about emotion. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Emotion, Fire service, gender, emotional expression, performativity |
| Subjects: |
B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology > BF511 Affection. Feeling. Emotion B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology > BF692 Psychology of sex. Sexual behaviour H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Women > HQ1088 Men |
| Creators: | Ward, Lauren |
| Faculties, Divisions and Institutes: |
University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > School of Social Sciences (to 2016) University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > Faculty of Health & Society > Psychology Faculties > Faculty of Health & Society > Psychology |
| Date: | 30 April 2014 |
| Event Title: | Centre For the Study of Women and Gender Graduate Seminar Series: Masculinities and Gender in Organisations |
| Event Dates: | 30 April 2014 |
| Event Location: | The University of Warwick |
| Event Type: | Other |
| Language: | English |
| Status: | Unpublished |
| URI: | http://nectar.northampton.ac.uk/id/eprint/6822 |
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