白色巨塔精神科男丁格爾的陽剛特質實踐

Male Nurses' Masculinity Practice in the Department of Psychiatry in a Hospital

本研究關注男性護理人員進入「女人的」工作場域之性別處境，因此運用民族誌企圖瞭解四位精神科急性病房男性護理工作者的陽剛特質實踐經驗。本研究發現這四位男性護理人員陽剛特質展現具有多元性：能屈能伸的「有用」大丈夫、剛柔並用的拓邊照顧、以強悍克服衝突與用「力」突顯男人味，及以掌控展現「power」的男人樣。特別是，強悍有力的陽剛特質具有集體性與規範性，強使個人克服心中恐懼，認同「要強、夠力」的男性特質。從這四位男性護理人員的陽剛特質實踐經驗中可以發現，男性進入傳統女性工作領域也會面臨性別歧視與偏見，及遭遇到不平等的處境與困擾。期許透過本研究，能使更多人擺脫性別意識型態的束縛，肯認男性護理人員的專業勞動，進而營造一個性別友善的工作文化與環境，真正達到性別平等的理想。

The purpose of this study attempted to understand the experience of the masculinity practice of the four male nurses in the psychiatric acute wards in a hospital, regarding their gender in the “feminine” work place. Ethnography was employed as the research method. The findings of this study indicate that the masculinities of the four male nurses exhibited diversity: a flexible and “handy / useful” macho man; androgynous expanded care work; overwhelming toughness on conflicts and exhibition of physical strength for masculinity; and controlling “power” over female colleagues exhibited manliness. In particular, tough and powerful masculinities include collectiveness and normativity, impacting each individual's need to identify the male traits of “being strong and having strength” in order to overcome his sense of fear of being different within the feminine work place. We conclude that males entering the traditional female workplace may face sex discrimination and biases and encounter some unequal treatments and difficulties according to the masculinity practice experiences of these four male nurses. We expect a decline in the dominant ideology of sex-dualism and recognize the male nurses' professional labor in order to establish a gender friendly culture and environment of hospital organizations leading to greater gender equality.