Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Sydney, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia.
J Adv Nurs. 2009 Dec;65(12):2668-77. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2009.05120.x. Epub 2009 Oct 12.
This paper is a report of a study examining the labour processes of male nurses in the conduct of bodywork, and is part of a broader study of social practices that configure masculinity through the lives of male nurses.
Bodywork is defined as the direct work on others' bodies, and involves interactions of bodies and the control of emotions. As the body is an arena in which social practice occurs then bodywork is a form of social engagement. Bodywork is inextricably intertwined with gender where bodywork is socially structured and culturally accepted as women's work.
Life history method was used in this study. Twenty-one life stories from male registered nurses were gathered in 2003-2004 using semi-structured interviews. Each life story underwent structural analysis, using a four-dimension structural model of gender relations.
The ability of male nurses to do bodywork and provide care is dependent on the way they 'do' gender, that is, they have to be perceived to be performing the masculine identity that best represents the individual patient's ideology of what it is to be a man, which is set in a particular location and time. In addition, they have to counter the representations of the male nurse, whether it is homosexual, paedophile or heterosexual deviant. Respondents develop labour processes and workplace strategies to overcome the effects of gender stereotypes that may hinder their nursing work.
Nursing procedures, policies and texts should reflect the complexity and multiplicity in the conduct of bodywork in nursing and refrain from representing essentialist ways (reinforcing nursing as feminine) of doing nursing.
本文是对男护士进行身体护理工作的劳动过程进行研究的报告，是更广泛的男性气质社会实践研究的一部分，该研究通过男护士的生活来配置男性气质。
身体护理被定义为对他人身体的直接护理，涉及身体的相互作用和情绪的控制。由于身体是社会实践发生的场所，因此身体护理是一种社会参与形式。身体护理与性别密不可分，身体护理在社会上被结构化，并在文化上被接受为女性的工作。
本研究采用生活史方法。2003-2004 年，通过半结构化访谈收集了 21 名注册男护士的生活故事。每个生活故事都经历了结构分析，使用性别关系的四维度结构模型。
男护士进行身体护理和提供护理的能力取决于他们“表现”性别方式，也就是说，他们必须被认为是在表现最能代表个体患者对男性身份的观念，这是在特定地点和时间设定的。此外，他们必须抵制男护士的表现，无论是同性恋、恋童癖还是异性恋变态。受访者制定劳动过程和工作场所策略，以克服可能阻碍他们护理工作的性别刻板印象的影响。
护理程序、政策和文本应反映护理中身体护理行为的复杂性和多样性，并避免以强化护理的女性化方式（强化护理的女性化）来表现护理。
