The gender order in action: consistent evidence from two distinct workplace settings
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.
KEYWORDS:
- Structure and agency
- gender inequality
- androcentrism
- male dominance
- female devaluation
- meat-processing
- higher education
- agentic masculinity
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Autor_innen:
Isabelle Zinn, Heather Hofmeister
Verlag:
Taylor & Francis, Journal of Gender Studies
Sprachen:
Englisch
Stadt:
London
Jahr:
2022
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Forschungsthemen:
Männlichkeiten
Arbeit – Laufbahn – Beruf
Industrie
Akademie – Universität – Hochschulen
Fächer:
Gender Studies, Soziologie
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Artikel