Sitting on the Fence and Tracing：Action and Reflection of Gender Situation from a Poor Male Social Worker

• Main Authors: Jyu-ming Hu, 胡聚名
• Other Authors: 王行
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2012
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/38830822319957053908

碩士 === 東吳大學 === 社會工作學系 === 100 === Abstract I am a male social worker who had stuck in a anxiety of economic problem, and ended a relationship because of reality concerns.I felt unable to give any energy depletion at work; Family, I had not prepared to touch it too much yet; as for this dissertation, I could not find any motivation and enthusiasm to complete in those topics that I have used to engage. So, I decided to laissez-faire to stray, remove my long-tern responsibility that I must live for others. I tried to live a very simple life, eat the simplest food, and ride the cheapest transportation. When riding a bicycle regularly for three months, I quietly enjoyed strength from the holy nature giving to me. I began to think how long can this kind of life be maintained? Can I still continue to be a social worker? What kind of life do I look for? Therefore, I started to interview the male social workers to find the answer of life from their stories.After the trip, I found my problem is not to become “Somebody”. Rather, I should accept, and love the person who I am. So I decided to “Come Home”! I started to approach my childhood memories, to write the relationship with family members, and to ruminate my romance. The more I wrote , the more I treasured what I felt : Sad / Happy, Pride / Shame, Colorful / Dark, Imprisoned / Liberated… I Heal Myself. The journey down through the wandering, cycling, writing, I revive and believe that I have my own right to live freely with the most comfortable posture. Meanwhile, I find my own way to fight oppressions in my life and work, and completed my little amateur revolution. Comparing to my past social movement life, this is more realistic. I will always fight forever and ever… Key word: male social worker, social work, poverty, auto-ethnography.