Negotiating the uncomfortable intersections between gender and professional identities in social work

Alastair Christie

doi:10.1177/0261018306062591

Negotiating the uncomfortable intersections between gender and professional identities in social work

Alastair Christie

School of Applied Social Studies

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Abstract

This article is based on a study of men's relationship to the social work profession in the North-West of England. It argues that men's presence in the social work profession is accounted for in discourses of career motivation, of career choice, and of men social workers as heroes and/or 'gentle-men'. The article considers how these negotiations between gender and professional identities might contribute to debates about the detraditionalization of gender and work identities in late modernity.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	390-411
Number of pages	22
Journal	Critical Social Policy
Volume	26
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0261018306062591
Publication status	Published - May 2006

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 1 No Poverty

Keywords

Detraditionalization
Feminized profession
Men

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Negotiating the uncomfortable intersections between gender and professional identities in social work

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