Working-class Men's Constructions of Masculinity and Negotiations of (Non)Participation in Higher Education
- 1 December 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Gender and Education
- Vol. 13 (4) , 431-449
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09540250120081779
Abstract
This article draws on discussion group data collected with 64 ethnically diverse working-class men who were predominantly not participating, or planning to participate, in higher education. The article identifies how the men drew on various discourses of masculinity in their arguments for and against higher education participation, and discusses potential implications of these discourses upon working-class men's continued underrepresentation in higher education. Analysis also highlights how the men's various constructions were framed/constrained by their locations within multiple, interlocking systems of inequality. Questions are raised with regard to future widening participation initiatives.Keywords
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