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Caven, V and Astor, E N (2013) The potential for gender equality in architecture: an Anglo-Spanish comparison. Construction Management and Economics, 31(08), 874-82.
Chan, P W (2013) Queer eye on a ‘straight’ life: deconstructing masculinities in construction. Construction Management and Economics, 31(08), 816-31.
Choudhury, T (2013) Experiences of women as workers: a study of construction workers in Bangladesh. Construction Management and Economics, 31(08), 883-98.
- Type: Journal Article
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- ISBN/ISSN: 0144-6193
- URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/01446193.2012.756143
- Abstract:
In Bangladesh, women's mobility is culturally constrained and women need to negotiate with patriarchy in order to join the male dominated labour market outside the home. A large number of men continue to be highly resistant to women's paid employment, partly because of the social norm of purdah and partly because they tend to consider it a shameful reflection on their ability as breadwinners, and hence on their masculine identity. While surmounting these constraints, women enter into full-time paid employment. However, the treatment of both men and women is not equal and this is particularly so in the construction sector. Thus, engaging in paid employment is not an easy decision to make and once women eventually join the labour force they experience mixed outcomes. It appears that paid work, on the one hand, confers on women greater economic autonomy and mobility and, on the other, exposes them to different sorts of deprivation and exploitation. In investigating these issues, the narratives of female construction workers were used to describe their experiences.
Manley, S and Graft-Johnson, A D (2013) Towards inclusion: rethinking architectural education. Construction Management and Economics, 31(08), 914-27.
Marchant, T (2013) Keep going: career perspectives on ageing and masculinity of self-employed tradesmen in Australia. Construction Management and Economics, 31(08), 845-60.
Ormerod, M and Newton, R (2013) Construction as a career choice for young disabled people: dispelling the myths. Construction Management and Economics, 31(08), 928-38.
Raiden, A B and Räisänen, C (2013) Striving to achieve it all: men and work-family-life balance in Sweden and the UK. Construction Management and Economics, 31(08), 899-913.
Rumens, N (2013) Queering men and masculinities in construction: towards a research agenda. Construction Management and Economics, 31(08), 802-15.
Smith, L (2013) Trading in gender for women in trades: embodying hegemonic masculinity, femininity and being a gender hotrod. Construction Management and Economics, 31(08), 861-73.
Wright, T (2013) Uncovering sexuality and gender: an intersectional examination of women’s experience in UK construction. Construction Management and Economics, 31(08), 832-44.