Women in Masculinized Occupations, Men in Feminized Occupations: Experiences of Gender Occupational Minorities and Their Roles within the Occupational Group

Olga Czeranowska

doi:10.18778/1733-8069.20.2.08

Autor

Olga Czeranowska SWPS University, Poland https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3516-1563

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18778/1733-8069.20.2.08

Słowa kluczowe:

płeć kulturowa, płciowe mniejszości zawodowe, segregacja pozioma

Abstrakt

Horyzontalna segregacja płciowa oznacza istnienie na rynku pracy zawodów stereotypowo „kobiecych” i „męskich”. Niektóre osoby wybierają jednak ścieżkę zawodową niezgodnie z oczekiwaniami dla ich płci, stając się tym samym mniejszością płciową w swojej grupie zawodowej. Autorka proponuje wspólny termin „zawodowe mniejszości płciowe”, aby opisać ich sytuację. Celem przedstawionego projektu było uzupełnienie wcześniejszych badań o łączną analizę sytuacji kobiet w zawodach zmaskulinizowanych oraz mężczyzn w zawodach sfeminizowanych i umożliwienie globalnego spojrzenia na znaczenie płci na rynku pracy, a także porównanie, w jaki sposób podobne mechanizmy działają w odwrotnych pod względem dominującej płci kontekstach grup zawodowych. Opierając się na praktycznych zasadach segregacji zawodowej według Pierre’a Bourdieu, do udziału w badaniu zostały zaproszone kobiety pracujące w IT/nowych technologiach i mężczyźni pracujący w opiece nad dziećmi/edukacji. W niniejszym artykule skupiono się na doświadczeniu bycia płciową mniejszością zawodową na polskim rynku pracy oraz na rolach i zadaniach tych osób w ich w grupie zawodowej.

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Biogram autora

Olga Czeranowska - SWPS University, Poland

PhD, sociologist. Her research interests include the sociology of work and gender studies. In her doctoral thesis, she examined individual perspective on occupational prestige. Since 2021, Olga Czeranowska has been an assistant professor at the SWPS University, Faculty of Social Sciences in Warsaw.

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