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Striking A Balance: Female Correctional Officers, Gender Role Stereotypes, and Male Prisons.
- Source :
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Sociological Inquiry . Summer88, Vol. 58 Issue 3, p291-305. 15p. - Publication Year :
- 1988
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Abstract
- This paper examines the strategies developed by female correctional officers to circumvent interactional and organizational barriers to advancement in the traditionally-male work organization of the men's prison. Data for the analysis are drawn from interviews with female officers and other staff in a state department of corrections located in the western United States. In a dramaturgical-like fashion, female officers seeking to advance must moderate—strike a balance—between a series of countervailing negative sex role stereotypes. However, regardless of their success in presenting a ‘balanced’ image at work, female officers experienced stress from their responsibility of accommodating to this predominantly male work environment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00380245
- Volume :
- 58
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Sociological Inquiry
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 13759876
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-682X.1988.tb01063.x