Reflexivity and the construction of competing discourses of masculinity in a female-dominated profession

• Autores: Maria Adamson
• Localización: Gender Work & Organization, ISSN-e 1468-0432, Vol. 21, Nº. 6, 2014, págs. 559-572
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This paper contributes to the debates on reflexivity and change by extending our understanding of (non-)reflexivity mechanisms in the discursive constructions of gender. Specifically, I explore how and why women persistently construct contradictory discursive accounts of men and masculinity in a female-dominated profession of counselling psychology in Russia. Drawing on the concept of �interpretative repertoires� I argue that female counsellors construct different kinds of masculinities based on three �repertoires�: psycho-biological, structural and relational. I demonstrate how these constructions of masculinity are imbued with different meanings and are used to explain only certain contexts, which precludes women's ability to reflect on their contradictory nature. I conclude by discussing how an exploration of discursive (non-)reflexivity extends our understanding of the conditions for gender transformations.