摘要:

This paper draws on an ethnographic study of a self‐employed prostitute, her receptionists and her clients. It describes the prostitute's business and her working life, and considers the dynamics of power and control within the prostitute‐client exchange. The paper argues that issues of control and consent in prostitution are more complex than many current feminist analyses sugg

ISSN:0968-6673    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-0432.1995.tb00022.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1995

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

This article confronts the Sociology of Work with the nature of women's work, arguing that this long‐standing sociological speciality is threaded through with numerous ontological conceptions that make it difficult not only to understand women's work, but also the changing contours of men's work. On the basis of three key areas in the Sociology of Work — the definition of work, the nature of the firm/organization and the definition of skill — the disjunctures with the nature of women's work are underlined. Feminist research — on housework, homeworking, the link between the productive and reproductive spheres, the sexuality of organization, the gendered nature of skill and on emotional labour, to mention only a few examples — is argued to have contributed profoundly to our rethinking of the workplace for both women and men. Examples of recent feminist conceptualizations of work are provided as illustrations of the direction in which the Sociology of Work coul

ISSN:0968-6673    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-0432.1995.tb00023.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1995

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

This article uses evidence from 269 interviews in five companies to consider whether (i) equal opportunity laws, policies and practices, (ii) more women gaining post‐entry professional qualifications, establishing themselves on the lower rungs of hitherto male careers, and working full‐time, combined with (iii) projected skill shortages, are likely to break down gender segmentation and lead to greater equality in employment during the 1990s. The evidence suggests that even females who start strongly and appear potential high‐fliers are still being obstructed by harsh, in some respects, and in other ways patronizing, workplace cultures, coupled with demands for career commitment that are incompatible with the domestic responsibilities which it is assumed women will adopt, and which the majority are in fact still adopting at least at certain stages during their working lives. The effects in the companies studied were to deflect women out of mainstream careers into peripheral occupations, or into peripheral jobs within skilled mainstream occupations. In these companies neither the men nor the exceptional women who were succeeding appeared a likely source of pressure for change, and male domination remained fully compatible with the firms' preferred skill formation strat

ISSN:0968-6673    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-0432.1995.tb00024.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1995

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0968-6673    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-0432.1995.tb00025.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1995

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0968-6673    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-0432.1995.tb00026.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1995

数据来源: WILEY