Emotion Work in the Public Performances of Male-to-Female Transsexuals

Schrock, Douglas; Boyd, Emily; Leaf, Margaret

doi:10.1007/s10508-007-9280-2

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“…Those individuals who undergo gender affirmation and present publicly as the opposite gender may subsequently 'disappear' into the larger categories of men or women. As Schilt and Connell (2007) Adam's apples, and pitch of one's voice can render some individuals more easily "read" as transgender than others (Schrock, Boyd, & Leaf, 2009). Hormones, electrolysis, cosmetics, and surgery can help individuals "pass", but not everyone has financial access to these treatments, nor do they necessarily render individuals indistinguishable from the cisgender population.…”

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Listen carefully: transgender voices in the workplace

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Arevshatian

Booth

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The International Journal of Human Resource Management

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We find that only 17% of FTSE 100 company websites refer directly to transgender ('trans') individuals, illustrating the extent to which trans voices are unheard in the workplace. We propose that these voices are missing for a number of reasons:voluntary silence to protect oneself from adverse circumstances; the subsumption of trans voices within the larger 'LGBT' community; assimilation, wherein many trans voices become affiliated with those of their post-transition gender; multiple trans voices arising from diversity within the transgender community; and limited access to voice mechanisms for transgender employees. We identify the negative implications of being unheard for individual trans employees, for organizational outcomes, and for business and management scholarship, and propose ways in which organizations can listen more carefully to trans voices. Finally, we introduce an agenda for future research that tests the applicability of the theoretical framework of invisible stigma disclosure to transgender individuals, and calls for new theoretical and empirical developments to identify HRM challenges and best practices for respecting trans employees and their choices to remain silent or be heard.

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Section: Assimilationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Listen carefully: transgender voices in the workplace

Beauregard

Arevshatian

Booth

et al. 2016

The International Journal of Human Resource Management

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“…Similar to how nascent male-to-female transsexuals engage in ''personal pep talks'' to control fear when preparing to go out in public as women (Schrock, Boyd, and Leaf 2009), fighters' masculinist self-talk bolstered their confidence as they set forth to bash symbolic women.…”

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Managing Emotional Manhood

2011

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Based on two years of fieldwork and over 100 interviews, we analyze mixed martial arts fighters' fears, how they managed them, and how they adopted intimidating personas to evoke fear in opponents. We conceptualize this process as ''managing emotional manhood,'' which refers to emotion management that signifies, in the dramaturgical sense, masculine selves. Our study aims to deepen our understanding of how men's emotion work is gendered and, more generally, to bring together two lines of research: studies of gendered emotion management and studies of emotional identity work. We further propose that managing emotional manhood is a dynamic and trans-situational process that can be explored in diverse settings.While fighters in the locker room prepared for combat in the cage, two men from the previous fight staggered in. Juan 1 -the victor-had shiny contusions under both eyes and made it to a folding chair where he sat staring into space. As two paramedics tried to keep him conscious, he cracked a smile with swollen lips and tried unsuccessfully to communicate meaningfully. As the paramedics carried Juan off on a stretcher, Mikehis opponent-leaned against a wall and talked with his trainer. As blood flowed from his nose and mouth, Mike began to sob. His trainer handed him a towel, which he brought to his face with shaking hands. When asked if he was upset about Juan, he pulled away the bloodied towel and said, ''I don't like losing.'' Juan and Mike's post-fight experiences highlight what competitors of mixed martial arts (MMA) most often say they fear: injury and losing. Competitions generally occur in a locked cage and fighters wear thin, open-fingered gloves and are allowed to punch, kick, wrestle, and use martial arts techniques. Fights are broken into rounds and end when one fighter submits

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“…This pilot study further emphasized that smoking was largely a social activity for young LGBT adults and often a response to stressors of LGBT discrimination or limited family support. Other studies have found relationships with LGBT smoking and gender atypicality (Schrock, Boyd, & Leaf, 2009), stress related to stigmatization and internalized homophobia (T. L. Hughes & Jacobson, 2003), sensation seeking (Trocki, Drabble, & Midanik, 2009), early sexual debut (Lombardi, Silvestre, Janosky, Fisher, & Rinaldo, 2008), and greater bar participation (Rosario, 2008). Although these studies are important in suggesting potential contributors to LGBT smoking and areas requiring attention for counselors providing services to LGBT smokers, we know very little as to differences between LGBT occasional smokers and those who become heavy smokers or are nicotine dependent.…”

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Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Smokers: Correlations with External Health Control, Health Expectations, and Shame-Focused Coping Strategies

Greene¹,

Britton

2012

Journal of LGBT Issues in Counseling

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Cigarette smoking is a major health concern in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community. This study explored if LGBT smoking heaviness was predicted by the cognitive strategies of external health control, health expectations, avoidant shamefocused coping, and attack self shame-focused coping. Differences were assessed across LGBT identification and nicotine dependence status. Results indicated external health control significantly predicted heaviness of smoking over and above age and education. Shame-focused coping strategies correlated to heaviness of smoking, external health control, and health expectations. Transgender identity associated to earlier smoking initiation compared to lesbians and gay men. Implications for clinicians and researchers are presented.

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Emotion Work in the Public Performances of Male-to-Female Transsexuals

Cited by 32 publications

References 51 publications

Listen carefully: transgender voices in the workplace

Listen carefully: transgender voices in the workplace

Managing Emotional Manhood

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Smokers: Correlations with External Health Control, Health Expectations, and Shame-Focused Coping Strategies

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