Gendered repertoires in nursing: New conceptualisations of educational gender segregation
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Myklebust R. Gendered repertoires in nursing: New conceptualisations of educational gender segregation. Gender and Education. 2020:1-15Sammendrag
Research on educational gender segregation has been mostly
concerned with the lack of women in male-dominated
educational fields, and only to a lesser degree with the shortage
of men in female-dominated subjects. This article addresses the
latter issue and introduces new theoretical tools to the research
field of educational gender segregation. Building on in-depth
interviews with male and female nursing students in Norway, the
article illuminates processes that may contribute to gender
inclusion and exclusion. Combining theory on cultural beliefs on
gender, symbolic boundaries and repertoire theory, the article
shows how the valued nursing competence of being caring –
together with an operative cultural belief that women are more
caring than men – provides the female students with an asset
both when accounting for their educational choice and in
demonstrating their suitability to be nurses. The article
demonstrates the situational relevance of gender and the value of
analysing accounts of gender within particular contexts.