Purpose

Despite the healthy growth in studies and publications in recent years in relation to the expanding paradigm of gender and entrepreneurship, and notwithstanding the success of this very journal, from the perspective of the author, the field remains overly dominated by a focus on female and women's entrepreneurship. Conversely, there are few studies on masculinity and entrepreneurship and the role of men in shaping gendered entrepreneurship. In addition, few male entrepreneurship scholars choose to write in this niche and specialised field. Indeed, there is a discernible imbalance in the literature in relation to what can be termed as “silent” and “silenced” masculinities. In this reflection, the study aims to look back at his career as an entrepreneurship and gender scholar, considering why this situation exists.

Design/methodology/approach

This is an invited, reflective essay written in an auto-ethnographic style containing personal viewpoints.

Findings

In the feminist-inspired gender and entrepreneurship literature, “Patriarchy” and the entrepreneurial “strawman” are blamed for the problems associated with the “silent” and silenced female entrepreneur. Much of the gendered literature concentrates on gendered female stereotypes and in particular on negative elements of these. The main finding is that the common assumption of the female as proxy for gender has, to date, prevented the consideration of the full spectrum of gendered identities. These issues are explored, and a call is made for more in-depth research into masculinity and entrepreneurship.

Originality/value

This reflection presents some novel thoughts on how to advance the debate on gender scholarship and in particular masculinity.

中文翻译：

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在文学和创业研究界重新定位男性气质创业辩论的个人反思

目的

尽管近年来与不断扩大的性别和创业范式相关的研究和出版物取得了健康增长，尽管这本期刊取得了成功，但从作者的角度来看，该领域仍然过度关注女性和女性创业。相反，很少有关于男性气质和企业家精神以及男性在塑造性别企业家精神中的作用的研究。此外，很少有男性创业学者选择在这个小众和专业领域写作。事实上，文献中关于“沉默”和“沉默”的男性气质存在明显的不平衡。在此反思中，该研究旨在回顾他作为企业家精神和性别学者的职业生涯，考虑为什么会存在这种情况。

设计/方法/方法

这是一篇受邀的、反思性的文章，以包含个人观点的自动民族志风格写成。

发现

在受女权主义启发的性别和创业文献中，“父权制”和企业家“稻草人”被归咎于与“沉默”和沉默的女企业家相关的问题。许多性别化的文献都集中在性别化的女性刻板印象上，尤其是其中的负面因素。主要发现是，迄今为止，将女性作为性别代表的普遍假设阻碍了对所有性别身份的考虑。探讨了这些问题，并呼吁对男性气质和企业家精神进行更深入的研究。

原创性/价值

这种反思提出了一些关于如何推进关于性别学术特别是男性气质的辩论的新想法。