publication . Article . 2016

Gender Inequalities in Highly Qualified Professions: A Social Psychological Analysis

Name: Gender Inequalities in Highly Qualified Professions: A Social Psychological Analysis
Keywords: gender segregation, politics, medicine, gender asymmetries, gender unawareness, meritocratic individualism, Psychology, BF1-990, segregação de género, política, medicina, assimetrias de género, inconsciência do género, individualismo meritocrático

Maria Helena Santos; Lígia Amâncio;

Open Access English

Published: 22 Jun 2016 Journal: Journal of Social and Political Psychology (issn: 2195-3325,

Publisher: PsychOpen

Country: Portugal

Summary

Abstract

<p>Research in social and political psychology contributes towards understanding the persistence of job market gender segregation prevailing in recent decades, the consequences for those involved and their reactions when having to cope with gender inequality. Within the framework of the literature on shared ideologies that justify and legitimize discrimination against women, this article focuses on Portugal and analyses the particular case of women in two highly qualified professions traditionally carried out by men – politics and medicine. Drawing on the results of quantitative and qualitative studies, our analytical approach demonstrates how while a majority o...

doi: 10.5964/jspp.v4i1.487

Subjects

free text keywords: gender segregation, politics, medicine, gender asymmetries, gender unawareness, meritocratic individualism, Psychology, BF1-990, segregação de género, política, medicina, assimetrias de género, inconsciência do género, individualismo meritocrático, Social change, Sociology, Social psychology, Ideology, media_common.quotation_subject, media_common, Gender studies, Political psychology, Gender history, Qualitative research, Meritocracy, Gender psychology, Individualism

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FCT| UID/PSI/03125/2013