... to provide reflexive insights into the cultural and social experiences of the field. Findings Lack of social support, loneliness at work, the stigma associated with singlehood, and current social practices and policies have led me to define singlehood in my own terms. Women constantly face the social...

.../approach – Two biographical narratives from different types of “dirty work/er researchers” are analysed using a feminist epistemology of corporeality, social difference and power. Findings – Ambivalence is an underlying dynamic of the narratives which indicate that the stigma attached to certain...