Gendered Space – CCWESTT

Negotiating gender in the male-dominated skilled trades: a systematic literature review Occupations in the skilled trades are highly segregated with women comprising 1–3% of this workforce in Western nations. We report on a systematic review of 26 articles, from 1998 to 2019, which explored women’s recruitment and retention in the skilled trades. Two research questions […]

Trading in gender for women in trades: embodying hegemonic masculinity, femininity and being a gender hotrod

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Trading in gender for women in trades: embodying hegemonic masculinity, femininity and being a gender hotrod The construction industry remains male dominated despite reforms in recruitment, training and some workplaces since the 1970s. That said some women do still enter the industry. The aim of this research was to explore the embodied experiences of women […]

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