Dr. Joan Evans - RN, PhD

Links

• Typical hegemonic recruitment poster for male nurses
• Health, Illness, Men, and Masculinities (HIMM) framework.

Research

• Evans, J. (2004). Men nurses: a historical and feminist perspective. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 47 (3), 321-328.
• Evans, J.  (2004). Bodies matter: Men, masculinity, and the gendered division of labour in nursing. Journal of Occupational Science, 11 (1), 14-22.
• Evans, J., & Frank, B. (2003). Tensions and contradictions: Exploring relations of masculinities in the numerically female-dominated profession of nursing. Journal of Men’s Studies, 11 (3), 277-292.
• Evans, J. (2002). Cautious caregivers: gender stereotypes and the sexualization of men nurses= touch. Journal of Advanced Nursing.40 (4), 441-448.
• Evans, J. (1997).  Men in nursing. Issues of gender segregation and hidden advantage.  Journal of Advanced Nursing, 26, 226-231.

Question

1. What do you see as a need in relation to these kind of gender talks in the workplace? How are we going to make men and women nurses aware of the complex gender dynamics that are affecting men every single day?
2. What is the kind of gender split in your workplace, and were do you work?