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| Tekijä: | Powell, A. Bagilhole, B. Dainty, A. |
| Otsikko: | How women engineers do and undo gender: Consequences for gender equality |
| Lehti: | Gender, Work and Organization
2009 : JUL, VOL. 16:4, p. 411-428 |
| Asiasana: | professions engineers students gender culture equality work organization |
| Kieli: | eng |
| Tiivistelmä: | Using empirical research exploring women engineering students' workplace experiences, this article deals with how their behaviour and attitudes are explained by gender performance. It is implied by Butler that doing gender can result in our being 'undone'. In this study, this was especially found for the women students who performed their gender in a particular way to gain male acceptance. In doing this they used certain coping strategies: acting like one of the boys, accepting gender discrimination, achieving a reputation, ..., and adopting an 'anti-woman' approach. These strategies are part of women's enculturation and professionalization in engineering, yet they also fail to value femaleness. In 'doing' engineering, women often 'undo' their gender. |
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