id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt 41687h16949 Christopher Quiroz The Masculine Paradox: Decoupling Masculinity from Heterosexuality in the Firehouse 1904 .txt text/plain 110 4 19 The relationship between hyper-masculine organizations and individual actions that violate heterosexual norms is explored in a study of the El Dorado Fire Department, a rural, wildland firefighting organization. The firefighters working at the station were able to engage in non-orthodox gender behavior because their masculinity stemmed from their status as firefighters rather than their individual actions. cache/41687h16949.txt txt/41687h16949.txt