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The dominant thrust of literature regarding men, tends to give a stereotypical hegemonic masculinity portrayal of them as aggressive, stoic, unemotional, self contained, and uncommunicative. For men, the research interview may be viewed as an environment where masculinity is both displayed and under threat. Although there has been much discussion on the effect of gender in the interpersonal dynamics of interviews, the majority of this debate centres on women interviewing women. Studies that analyse female interviewer and male interviewee highlight that the type of research study can give different views on the interview dynamic. However, there are few studies that analyse the research dynamics of men interviewing women or men interviewing men. This presentation will initially describe the various feminist debates surrounding the qualitative research interview. This will be followed by an exploration of interviews carried out by female and male interviewers with female and male participants. Interviews between male interviewers and interviewees will then be examined, and this will be followed by strategies and recommendations for interviewing men.
Abstract Purpose – To demonstrate how generational as well as gendered identities, impacted on researcher-researched relationships built during the interview process, engendering specific insights about contemporary British grandfathering. Design/methodology/approach – An 'ad-hoc' reflection of interview transcripts and researcher field notes generated from thirty-one qualitative interviews with men who are grandfathers, to reflexively interrogate how various identity markers operated within my encounters with grandfathers, as a young female researcher. Findings – Men positioned me within a grandparent-grandchild relationship during the interviews, which afforded specific insights into contemporary grandfatherhood, including the socio-historical contexts in which grandfathering takes place. While perceptions and assumptions about gender influence how participants perceive researchers, focusing too rigidly on gender is problematic. It risks re-enforcing potentially stereotypical assumptions about men and women, thus downplaying the contradictions and paradoxes inherent in men's constructions and performances of their diverse later life identities, as well as obscuring the complex intersectionalities and power relations that operate in the field. Originality/value – To argue that the concept of 'betweenness' aids in developing a more robust understanding of the complex and knowable negotiations of similarity and difference within research-encounters.
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No 14 The Representation of Older People in Ageing Research Series, edited by Anna Tarrant and Jacqueline H. Watts. Sociological and gerontological research concerning men’s ageing remains piecemeal and under - theorised despite recognition of the gendered nature of ageing and burgeoning recognition that older people and their needs are largely absent and less considered in academic and public rhetoric.The contributors to this one - day workshop sought to improve understanding of contemporary men’s ageing by showcasing current research in this area, to forge a multi-disciplinary network of scholars, practitioners and end users interested in men’s ageing, and to generate future research collaborations. A joint series from the Centre for Ageing and Biographical Studies at the Open University and the Centre for Policy on Ageing
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