On men, organizations and intersectionality: Personal, working, political and theoretical reflections (or how organization studies met profeminism)
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to reflect, personally, regarding work, politically and theoretically, on 40 years of involvement in organization studies, profeminism and intersectionality.
Design/methodology/approach
The paper uses autoethnography.
Findings
The paper shows the need for a broad notion of the field and fieldwork, the development of intersectional thinking, the complexity of men's relations to feminism and intersectionality and the need to both name and deconstruct men in the research field.
Research limitations/implications
The paper suggests a more explicit naming and deconstruction of men and other intersectional social categories in doing research.
Practical implications
The paper suggests a more explicit naming and deconstruction of men and other intersectional social categories in equality practice.
Social implications
The paper suggests a more explicit naming and deconstruction of men and other intersectional social categories in social, political and policy interventions.
Originality/value
The paper points to recent historical changes in the connections between feminism, gender, profeminism, organizations and intersectionality in relation to equality, diversity and inclusion.
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Acknowledgements
The author would like to thank Aidan McKearney for his encouragement in writing this paper, numerous colleagues, past and present, for their collegiality, and anonymous reviewers for helpful comments on an earlier version of this paper.
Citation
Hearn, J. (2014), "On men, organizations and intersectionality: Personal, working, political and theoretical reflections (or how organization studies met profeminism)", Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Vol. 33 No. 5, pp. 414-428. https://doi.org/10.1108/EDI-07-2013-0051
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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