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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.
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.
- Type: Journal Article
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- ISBN/ISSN: 0144-6193
- URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/01446193.2013.794297
- Abstract:
UK employers have been broadening their equality and diversity activities to include the issue of sexual orientation; however, the construction industry has been slow to follow. Equally there is a lack of research on the experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) workers in construction. While women's sexuality soon becomes a focus of interest when they enter male-dominated work, little research has discussed how sexual minorities (and in particular lesbians) fare in such environments. This article examines how both gender and sexuality interact to shape women's working lives within the UK construction sector, drawing on 22 interviews and a focus group with heterosexual women and lesbians in male-dominated occupations in construction. While women share common experiences of heightened interest and questioning, open lesbians can sometimes minimize the sexualized content of workplace interactions. However the potential for exclusion on the basis of minority sexuality also exists. Sexual harassment appears less prevalent for women in professional occupations than in the past, while women in the manual trades reported that the problem persists. Lesbians can experience different forms of harassment, however, from heterosexual women, while employers are less developed in their response to homophobic harassment.