The Organizational Construction of Hegemonic Masculinity: The Case of the US Navy
基于对27名男性军官的生命史访谈，研究美国海军中航空、水面作战和后勤三个群体的霸权男性气质如何通过差异对比（如自主性、耐力、技术理性）和女性气质参照来建构，并揭示威胁其稳定性的矛盾。
This article examines the construction of hegemonic masculinity within the US Navy. Based on life history interviews with 27 male officers, this study explores alternative discourses and identities of officers from three different communities in the Navy: aviation, surface warfare, and the supply corps. Definitions of masculinity are relationally constructed through associations of difference: aviators tend to draw upon themes of autonomy and risk taking; surface warfare officers draw upon themes of perseverance and endurance; and supply officers draw upon themes of technical rationality. Further, these masculinities depend upon various contrasting definitions of femininity. Finally, this article explores a series of contradictions that threaten the secure construction of masculinity within this military culture.