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TESSA WRIGHT Gender and Sexuality in Male-Dominated Occupations Women Working in Construction and Transport Gender and Sexuality in Male-Dominated Occupations Tessa W right Gender and Sexuality in Male-Dominated Occupations Women Working in Construction and Transport Tessa Wright School of Business and Management Queen Mary University of London London , United Kingdom ISBN 978-1-137-50134-9 ISBN 978-1-137-50136-3 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-50136-3 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016940923 © Th e Editor(s) (if applicable) and Th e Author(s) 2016 Th e author(s) has/have asserted their right(s) to be identifi ed as the author(s) of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Th is work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifi cally the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfi lms or in any other physical way, and trans- mission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Th e use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specifi c statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Th e publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper Th is Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature Th e registered company is Macmillan Publishers Ltd. London To my mother, to Graham and to my nieces Acknowledgements I am enormously grateful to all those who participated in the research for this book, as key expert interviewees, in help with reaching interview- ees, and most of all, to the women who took the time to meet me and share their stories of working in the construction and transport sectors. Th ere would be no book without them, and I hope that I have refl ected their experiences fairly in trying to throw light on the conditions facing women in these sectors. I have also received support from many colleagues in discussing vari- ous versions and ideas, and I would particularly like to thank Gill Kirton, Geraldine Healy, Hazel Conley, Fiona Colgan, Sian Moore and Surya Monro for helpful comments over the years. I am also grateful to Queen Mary University of London for sabbatical time to complete the book. Th anks also to the editorial staff at Palgrave for their encouragement and help, Liz Barlow and Maddie Holder. P ermission has been obtained to reproduce extracts from the following: W right, T. 2013. Uncovering sexuality and gender: An intersectional examination of women’s experience in UK construction. C onstruction Management and Economics 31(8): 832–844. Wright, T. 2014. Gender, sexuality and male-dominated work: Th e intersection of long-hours working and domestic life. W ork, Employment and Society 28(6): 985–1002. vii viii Acknowledgements Wright, T. 2016. Women’s experience of workplace interactions in male-dominated work: Th e intersections of gender, sexuality and occu- pational group. Gender, Work and Organization 23(3): 348–362. Contents 1 Introduction 1 1.1 Th e Policy Context for Addressing Gender Inequality at Work 6 1.2 Progress on LGBT Rights 8 1.3 Th e Research 9 1.4 Outline of the Book 11 References 13 2 Understanding Gender, Sexuality and Occupation in Male-Dominated Work 17 2.1 Occupational Gender Segregation 18 2.1.1 Th e Eff ects of Occupational Gender Segregation 18 2.1.2 Th eories of Occupational Gender Segregation 20 2.2 Women in Non-Traditional Work 25 2.2.1 ‘One of the Boys’ 25 2.2.2 Sexuality and Embodiment 27 2.2.3 Where Are the Lesbians? 29 2.3 LGBT Experience at Work 33 2.3.1 Disclosure of Minority Sexuality 34 2.3.2 Class and Sexuality at Work 36 2.3.3 Th e Fluidity of Sexual Identities 37 ix
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