Age and changing masculinities in gay-straight male workplace friendships.
Drawing on interview data gathered from 35 gay men in the UK, this article explores how age influences the negotiation of masculinity within gay- straight male workplace friendships. Study findings show that gay-straight workplace friendships between younger men appear to be framed in terms of equal...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Gender Studies Vol. 27; no. 3; pp. 260 - 274 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Apr2018
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