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  title info:
    title: Gender and Sexuality in Male-Dominated Occupations
    sub title: Women Working in Construction and Transport
  name:
    name part: Wright, Tessa.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: xxk
    date issued: 2016
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XV, 287 p. online resource.
  abstract: Examining women’s diverse experiences of male-dominated work, this ground-breaking book explores what sexuality and gender means to women working in the construction and transport industries. Using accounts from heterosexual women and lesbians working in professional, manual and operational roles, Gender and Sexuality in Male-Dominated Occupations adopts an intersectional approach to examine advantage and disadvantage on the basis of gender, sexuality and occupational class in these sectors. Drawing on interviews and focus groups, the author examines why women choose to enter male-dominated industries, their experiences of workplace relations, their use of women’s support networks and trade unions, and the interface between home and work lives. Presenting international and UK-based examples of effective interventions to increase women’s participation in male-dominated work, this important book highlights the need for political will to tackle women’s underrepresentation, and suggests directions for the future. .
  table of contents: 1 Introduction -- 1.1 The policy context for addressing gender inequality at work -- 1.2 Progress on LGBT rights -- 1.3 The research -- 1.4 Outline of the book -- 2 Understanding gender, sexuality and occupation in male-dominated work -- 2.1 Occupational gender segregation -- 2.1.1 The effects of occupational gender segregation -- 2.1.2 Theories of occupational gender segregation -- 2.2 Women in non-traditional work -- 2.2.1 ‘One of the boys’ -- 2.2.2 Sexuality and embodiment -- 2.2.3 Where are the lesbians? -- 2.3 LGBT experience at work -- 2.3.1 Disclosure of minority sexuality -- 2.3.2 Class and sexuality at work -- 2.3.3 The fluidity of sexual identities -- 2.4 Theories of sexuality -- 2.5 Intersectionality -- 2.6 Conclusion -- 3 Gender segregation in the construction and transport sectors -- 3.1 Women’s participation in construction and transport work -- 3.1.1 Women in UK construction and transport -- 3.1.2 International comparisons -- 3.2 Education, training and career choice -- 3.3 Working in construction and transport occupations -- 3.3.1 Working in construction -- 3.3.2 Working in transport -- 3.3.3 Work patterns and hours -- 3.4 Conclusion -- 4 Occupational choice, gender and sexual identity -- 4.1 Choosing non-traditional occupations -- 4.1.1 Occupational trajectories -- 4.1.2 Choice and material realities -- 4.1.3 Work choice and identity -- 4.2 Identities at work -- 4.2.1 Gendered bodies at work -- 4.2.2 Minority sexual identity at work -- 4.2.3 Empowerment, work and gender identity -- 4.3 Conclusion -- 5 Workplace interactions in male-dominated organisations -- 5.1 (Hetero)sexualised interactions -- 5.2 Minority sexuality in the workplace: reducing sexual tension? -- 5.3 Sexual and homophobic harassment -- 5.3.1 Heterosexual women’s experience -- 5.3.2 Lesbians’ experience -- 5.4 Managing men -- 5.5 Supportive workplace relations -- 5.6 Conclusion -- 6 Support and solidarity: networks and trade unions -- 6.1 Relations with female colleagues -- 6.2 Indu…
  note: by Tessa Wright.
  subject:
    topic: Business
  subject:
    topic: Organization
  subject:
    topic: Planning
  subject:
    topic: Industries
  subject:
    topic: Sociology
  subject:
    topic: Industrial sociology
  subject:
    topic: Sex (Psychology)
  subject:
    topic: Gender expression
  subject:
    topic: Gender identity
  subject:
    topic: Business and Management
  subject:
    topic: Industries
  subject:
    topic: Organization
  subject:
    topic: Gender Studies
  subject:
    topic: Sociology of Work
  classification: HD21
  classification: 338
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      title: Springer eBooks
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