Our personal experiences as women working in the performing arts and entertainment sector indicate to us that there is a need for actron-training that includes articulated pedagogical framework and methodological approaches that engage with the performance of intimate content and professional touch. Women’s behaviour and communicative acts are often gendered through socialisation and gender hegemony that at times, are covertly upheld by the culture of a work context. Gender hegemony and perceptions about gender uphold and legitimize practices that do harm, impacting women’s physical, mental and emotional safety. For women actrons, this is exacerbated by expectations of what they should consent to in service of their work, including touch and intimacy. We argue that using a feminist ethic of care as pedagogical framework together with intimacy coordination as resonant methodological approach might offer an approach to actron-training that might further women actrons’ agency in giving meaningful consent with regards to professional touch, whist cultivating a broader imperative of care.

作为在表演艺术和娱乐领域工作的女性，我们的个人经历告诉我们，需要进行演员培训，其中包括明确的教学框架和方法论，涉及亲密内容的表演和专业接触。女性的行为和交流行为常常通过社会化和性别霸权而被性别化，而有时，工作环境的文化会暗中维护这种社会化和性别霸权。性别霸权和性别观念维护有害的做法并使之合法化，影响妇女的身体、心理和情感安全。对于女性演员来说，这种情况因她们在工作中应同意的期望而加剧，包括触摸和亲密行为。