Burnett Lynn
Griffith Institute for Higher Education, Griffith University, Nathan, Queensland 4111, Australia.
J Lesbian Stud. 2010;14(1):36-51. doi: 10.1080/10894160903058873.
This article draws on research from a doctoral dissertation that explored and theorized the lived experiences of a small group of young lesbian wimmin's post-initial coming-out within an Australian context using Memory Work methodology and a social constructivist framework. In this article, particular attention is paid to the young wimmins' work/career landscapes and the impact their post-initial coming-out lesbian identities had on their positioning and understanding of self and their positioning by significant others within their respective work landscapes. Factors that the participants used to define who they were in relation to their respective post-initial coming-out lesbian identities and how these identities informed both the decisions they made about career choices and their interactions with significant others in a workplace setting are also presented. Participants were between the ages of 23 and 33 and had self-identified as lesbian for between two and ten years. An important finding was that workplace relations impacted a post-initial coming-out lesbian identity and affected the way in which participants perceived and positioned themselves within their workplace settings, as well as in the wider context of society.
本文借鉴了一篇博士论文的研究成果，该研究运用记忆工作法和社会建构主义框架，在澳大利亚背景下，对一小群年轻女同性恋者初次出柜后的生活经历进行了探索并构建了理论。在本文中，特别关注年轻女性的工作/职业领域，以及她们初次出柜后的女同性恋身份对其自我定位和自我认知的影响，以及重要他人在其各自工作领域中对她们的定位。还介绍了参与者用来界定与各自初次出柜后的女同性恋身份相关的自我的因素，以及这些身份如何影响她们做出的职业选择决定，以及她们在工作场所与重要他人的互动。参与者年龄在23岁至33岁之间，自我认定为女同性恋者已有两到十年。一个重要发现是，职场关系影响了初次出柜后的女同性恋身份，并影响了参与者在工作场所环境以及更广泛的社会背景下对自己的认知和定位方式。
