Dilemmas of girls and women in engineering: a study in Portugal
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Resumo: | The reason that girls and women withdraw from science and technology education and careers has been a universal concern in the social sciences. This study investigated how gendered constructions of identity are translated into the barriers and fears that female students and professional women experience in decision-making about their careers. We conducted interviews with 63 girls and 39 women in academic and professional engineering careers, focusing on their interpersonal relationships with boys and men in their school and occupational engineering settings, respectively. Participant discourse highlighted the difficulties women face when managing the antagonistic discourses of femininity and masculinity in a social environment in which they are frequently forced to submit to hegemonic masculinity. The consequences of women’s differing discourses about the “masculine world” and the “feminine world” are discussed, and some strategies for creating more equalitarian relational environments in school and work settings are discussed. |
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Dilemmas of girls and women in engineering: a study in PortugalEquality/inequalityIdentityScience/engineeringSex/genderequalityinequalityscienceengineeringsexgenderSocial SciencesThe reason that girls and women withdraw from science and technology education and careers has been a universal concern in the social sciences. This study investigated how gendered constructions of identity are translated into the barriers and fears that female students and professional women experience in decision-making about their careers. We conducted interviews with 63 girls and 39 women in academic and professional engineering careers, focusing on their interpersonal relationships with boys and men in their school and occupational engineering settings, respectively. Participant discourse highlighted the difficulties women face when managing the antagonistic discourses of femininity and masculinity in a social environment in which they are frequently forced to submit to hegemonic masculinity. The consequences of women’s differing discourses about the “masculine world” and the “feminine world” are discussed, and some strategies for creating more equalitarian relational environments in school and work settings are discussed.Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT)Taylor and FrancisUniversidade do MinhoSaavedra, LuísaAraújo, Alexandra Maria Dantas de CastroTaveira, Maria do CéuVieira, Cristina C.20142014-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/1822/24256eng0013-191110.1080/00131911.2013.780006http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00131911.2013.780006info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-07-21T12:37:58Zoai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/24256Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T19:34:19.068825Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Dilemmas of girls and women in engineering: a study in Portugal |
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Dilemmas of girls and women in engineering: a study in Portugal |
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Dilemmas of girls and women in engineering: a study in Portugal Saavedra, Luísa Equality/inequality Identity Science/engineering Sex/gender equality inequality science engineering sex gender Social Sciences |
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Dilemmas of girls and women in engineering: a study in Portugal |
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Dilemmas of girls and women in engineering: a study in Portugal |
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Dilemmas of girls and women in engineering: a study in Portugal |
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Dilemmas of girls and women in engineering: a study in Portugal |
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Dilemmas of girls and women in engineering: a study in Portugal |
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Saavedra, Luísa |
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Saavedra, Luísa Araújo, Alexandra Maria Dantas de Castro Taveira, Maria do Céu Vieira, Cristina C. |
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Araújo, Alexandra Maria Dantas de Castro Taveira, Maria do Céu Vieira, Cristina C. |
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Universidade do Minho |
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Saavedra, Luísa Araújo, Alexandra Maria Dantas de Castro Taveira, Maria do Céu Vieira, Cristina C. |
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Equality/inequality Identity Science/engineering Sex/gender equality inequality science engineering sex gender Social Sciences |
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Equality/inequality Identity Science/engineering Sex/gender equality inequality science engineering sex gender Social Sciences |
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The reason that girls and women withdraw from science and technology education and careers has been a universal concern in the social sciences. This study investigated how gendered constructions of identity are translated into the barriers and fears that female students and professional women experience in decision-making about their careers. We conducted interviews with 63 girls and 39 women in academic and professional engineering careers, focusing on their interpersonal relationships with boys and men in their school and occupational engineering settings, respectively. Participant discourse highlighted the difficulties women face when managing the antagonistic discourses of femininity and masculinity in a social environment in which they are frequently forced to submit to hegemonic masculinity. The consequences of women’s differing discourses about the “masculine world” and the “feminine world” are discussed, and some strategies for creating more equalitarian relational environments in school and work settings are discussed. |
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2014 |
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