 | Working Construction: Why White Working-Class Men Put Themselves—and the Labor Movement—in Harm''s Way Subjects: Construction workers -- United States -- Attitudes; Working class men -- United States -- Attitudes; Men White -- United States -- Attitudes; Masculinity -- United States; Construction industry -- United States -- Safety measures; Kris Paap worked for nearly three years as a carpenter's apprentice on a variety of jobsites, closely observing her colleagues' habits, expressions, and attitudes. As a woman in an overwhelmingly male--and stereotypically "macho"--profession, Paap uses... Kris Paap is a Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Women and Work at Rutgers University and is on the faculty at the SUNY Institute of Technology in Utica, New York. |
