Tokenism and Women's Survival Strategy in the Coast Guard Administration Reconnaissance Brigade
| Autor: | Chih-ping Yu, 游志平 |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Druh dokumentu: | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Popis: | 104 As a result of the progress of gender equality and women’s movement, traditional masculine occupational fields no longer belong only to men. But women face more pressures and difficulties in the male-centered occupational fields. In the research, Reconnaissance Brigade is a typical example. The author tries to use Kanter’s early Theory of Tokenism to examine the ways women respond to the three perceived intentions: performance pressures, boundary heightening and role entrapment. The author also tries to find out if there is any survival strategy based on the experiences of these female officers. The author adopts a qualitative approach and conducts 16 in-depth interviews. Through the observations, Kanter’s arguments are found in most aspects in the Brigade occupational fields, though the effects of boundary heightening and role entrapment are less evident. The author also identifies the problems of gendered division existing in the forms of benevolent sexism and hostile sexism. The responses of these token women mostly match with Kanter’s theory, and the author explores two problems that are not discussed in the Theory of Tokenism: namely “magnified affirmation” and “class differentiated treatment.” In the end, the author discusses how to overcome the Effects of Tokenism in masculine occupational fields and presents the following strategies: (1) challenge the male-centered points of view; (2) utilizing and mainstreaming feminine characters to transform gendered segregation. (3) creating a more gender-sensitive training, mentoring, and evaluation personnel system. |
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