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    The same and the other: Male childcare workers managing identity dissonance
    (Taylor & Francis, 2013-07)
    Nentwich, Julia C. orcid-logo
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    Poppen, Wiebke
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    Schälin, Stefanie
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    Vogt, Franziska
    As childcare workers, men are in a contested position. On the one hand, they are in danger of being depicted as the pedophile; on the other, they are expected to bring something new and innovative to the thus-far female-dominated field. These men are experiencing ‘identity dissonance' and have to find ways to manage and facilitate legitimate subject positions as both childcare workers and as men. Applying a perspective of discursive positioning, this article discusses men's positioning practices in nine qualitative interviews conducted with male childcare workers in German-speaking Switzerland. We identified a total of six discursive practices that men engage in to manage identity dissonance and construct a legitimate subject position. We found that men are engaging in a greater variety of practices than have been discussed so far. Unlike findings from other studies of men in female-dominated occupations, ours do not point to a clear-cut typology with regards to hegemonic and alternative masculinities; instead they show a variety of practices that are mobilized throughout all interviews. => http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/7b3d9hmI2zjCU7irm292/full
    Type: journal article
    Journal: IRS, International Review of Sociology
    Volume: 23
    Issue: 2
    DOI: 10.1080/03906701.2013.804295
    URI: https://www.alexandria.unisg.ch/handle/20.500.14171/89036
    Scopus© Citations 33