Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) also informally known as the Mounties are part of the national and federal force of Canada. As mentioned in lecture there has been an increase in the population of female officers but they still are looked at as lower than the male officers. The first French police female officer who joined after the French Revolution didn’t even have the power to arrest someone and had to rely on the male officer. After the 2000s, it was evidential that women revolved more into the police firms. Canada went from having a 4% population in 1985 to a dramatic increase to 18% by 2007. It is accepted that a male officer and a male officer could work together but a female and a female are not allowed. This is because of the
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Even though I was not part of the police force I have witnessed many occasions of the gender discrimination in the police force. When I was involved in a car accident, there were both female and male officers present at the scene but the male officer did most of the investigation. The female officer seemed to not have any say in the investigation and seemed to be a bystander. This shows the inequality between male and female officers. Usually when there is a crime scene, male officers are the ones to be called to the scene or if a female were to go, a male officer most likely accompanies them. Also in my workplace, I have experienced sexual harassment by my coworkers. Even though I was not physically assaulted, they verbally assaulted me. They feel that they have superior powers over the females, as we are represented weak in the work force. When female workers walk by the male tend to make sexual remarks about their appearances and the sexual pleasure that it brings to them. This is similar to what Janet Merlo experienced at the police firm that she was working at. Her coworkers did not physically assault her but verbally. Another example that I have found that I can relate to is the news article on CP24 where RCMP apologizes to hundreds of female workers. In this news article it explains that this apology was for the hundreds of female officers that
Janet Merlo was one …show more content…
Even though I was not part of the police force I have witnessed many occasions of the gender discrimination in the police force. When I was involved in a car accident, there were both female and male officers present at the scene but the male officer did most of the investigation. The female officer seemed to not have any say in the investigation and seemed to be a bystander. This shows the inequality between male and female officers. Usually when there is a crime scene, male officers are the ones to be called to the scene or if a female were to go, a male officer most likely accompanies them. Also in my workplace, I have experienced sexual harassment by my coworkers. Even though I was not physically assaulted, they verbally assaulted me. They feel that they have superior powers over the females, as we are represented weak in the work force. When female workers walk by the male tend to make sexual remarks about their appearances and the sexual pleasure that it brings to them. This is similar to what Janet Merlo experienced at the police firm that she was working at. Her coworkers did not physically assault her but verbally. Another example that I have found that I can relate to is the news article on CP24 where RCMP apologizes to hundreds of female workers. In this news article it explains that this apology was for the hundreds of female officers that