Gender dynamics in a masculine professional context: The case of the Portuguese Air Force

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Autor(a) principal: Santos, M. H.
Data de Publicação: 2022
Outros Autores: Morais, P., Correia, R. B.
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10071/24672
Resumo: This article aims to understand the experiences of women working in the Portuguese Air Force, a traditionally male professional environment, and the perspectives of their male counterparts on the subject, considering women’s minority status and symbolic gender asymmetries in the military. This study draws on 16 semi-structured interviews with Air Force personnel, evenly split by gender. Findings reveal four main themes that convey awareness that the Air Force is still a masculine world, perceptions of gender dynamics in the Air Force, barriers to equality, and strategies to address the situation. Although gender equality is formally in place in the Air Force, women continue to face obstacles that hinder their career advancement and ensure that their professional experiences differ from those of their male counterparts.
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title Gender dynamics in a masculine professional context: The case of the Portuguese Air Force
spellingShingle Gender dynamics in a masculine professional context: The case of the Portuguese Air Force
Santos, M. H.
Portuguese Air Force
Tokenism
Gender dynamics
Inequality
title_short Gender dynamics in a masculine professional context: The case of the Portuguese Air Force
title_full Gender dynamics in a masculine professional context: The case of the Portuguese Air Force
title_fullStr Gender dynamics in a masculine professional context: The case of the Portuguese Air Force
title_full_unstemmed Gender dynamics in a masculine professional context: The case of the Portuguese Air Force
title_sort Gender dynamics in a masculine professional context: The case of the Portuguese Air Force
author Santos, M. H.
author_facet Santos, M. H.
Morais, P.
Correia, R. B.
author_role author
author2 Morais, P.
Correia, R. B.
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Santos, M. H.
Morais, P.
Correia, R. B.
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Portuguese Air Force
Tokenism
Gender dynamics
Inequality
topic Portuguese Air Force
Tokenism
Gender dynamics
Inequality
description This article aims to understand the experiences of women working in the Portuguese Air Force, a traditionally male professional environment, and the perspectives of their male counterparts on the subject, considering women’s minority status and symbolic gender asymmetries in the military. This study draws on 16 semi-structured interviews with Air Force personnel, evenly split by gender. Findings reveal four main themes that convey awareness that the Air Force is still a masculine world, perceptions of gender dynamics in the Air Force, barriers to equality, and strategies to address the situation. Although gender equality is formally in place in the Air Force, women continue to face obstacles that hinder their career advancement and ensure that their professional experiences differ from those of their male counterparts.
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