‘A Man in the Making’: Sexual Masculinities within Changing Training Cultures
- 1 November 1997
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Sociological Review
- Vol. 45 (4), 576-590
- https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-954x.00078
Abstract
The academic representation of social transformation in Britain has underplayed the key contribution of sexual politics. More specifically, sociological accounts of changing social relations within institutional sites has served to make invisible sexual identities. From research on a Modern Apprenticeship in the mid 1990's, empirical material is used to make visible male sexualities within Further Education. Importantly, we suggest that in order to capture the dynamics of the interplay between labour process restructuring and regendering, there is a need to refocus upon sexual cultures. In this local site, currently experiencing rapid institutional changes in training practices, a range of young male sexual cultures are identified. With reference to institutional spaces and micro-cultural relations, we illustrate how these sexual cultures construct themselves through sexual difference. Finally, we also consider the importance of sexual knowledges in young people's post-16 education and training.Keywords
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