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Gendered spaces

Jemma Rimmer discusses the gendering of spaces, such as the home.

Jemma Rimmer discusses gendered spaces.

The materials were written by Dr Emma Jeanes, University of Exeter with contributions from Jemma Rimmer

The following references were used in this video:

Collinson, D. `Surviving the Rigs: Safety and Surveillance on North Sea Oil Installations’. Organization Studies. 1999;20(4): 579-600. https://0-journals-sagepub-com.lib.exeter.ac.uk/doi/pdf/10.1177/0170840699204003

Hochschild A. and Machung A. The Second Shift. New York: Avon Books: 1990. Höpfl, H. Was will der Mann? In: Kumra, S, Simpson, R and Burke, RJ. (eds). The Oxford Handbook of Gender in Organizations. Oxford: Oxford University Press:2014

Oil and gas UK (2015) UK Continental shelf offshore workforce demographics report

Williams C. The Glass Escalator: Hidden Advantages for Men in the “Female” Professions. Social Problems. 1992;39(3): 253–267

Further sources on men in nursing can be found here:

Article published on Online Nursing site, Men in nursing

The Guardian article, Why are there so few male nurses?

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