The representative norms of femininity is “that we become women naturally through domestic and sexual roles” (Currie, 455). Stereotypes tend to place men in jobs requiring a higher amount of education, or certain level of physical fitness and ability; representing men as warriors and thinkers. Women are expected to work in more sedentary conditions or not work at all in the roles of a nurturer and caregiver. The focus of the final ethnographic research project is to study the social constructs that are broken and formed by the entrance of an increasing percentage of women into the fields of medicine, engineering, and military professions.
Practices related to the gender norms deeply rooted in traditional society can lead to discriminations …show more content…
The question already has perceived answers as related to personal observations of everyday life but will be asked as to remain unbiased, however, the subject may be prompted to think about where they see in women in the medical, engineering, and militant professions. How does the entrance of women into male-dominated fields influence the dynamic of that workplace? In the research done by Connie Brownson “female issues”, such as biological sexuality, physical ability, and femininity, were seen to “potentially disrupt unit morale, cohesion, and readiness” (767) in USMC units. Is this type of disruption seen across all three fields of focus? And, if not, is it only in the more physical vs mental male-dominated fields that this is prevalent?
The following questions are more specific and are designed to steer an interview that has gone off course or to prompt an interviewee into giving more information:
• The field of medicine was always a male dominated field until very recently where there was an influx of female medical students. How does this relate to the feminine quality off being a nurturer? Do you think it is preferred to see a male or female primary physician/ER
Practices related to the gender norms deeply rooted in traditional society can lead to discriminations …show more content…
The question already has perceived answers as related to personal observations of everyday life but will be asked as to remain unbiased, however, the subject may be prompted to think about where they see in women in the medical, engineering, and militant professions. How does the entrance of women into male-dominated fields influence the dynamic of that workplace? In the research done by Connie Brownson “female issues”, such as biological sexuality, physical ability, and femininity, were seen to “potentially disrupt unit morale, cohesion, and readiness” (767) in USMC units. Is this type of disruption seen across all three fields of focus? And, if not, is it only in the more physical vs mental male-dominated fields that this is prevalent?
The following questions are more specific and are designed to steer an interview that has gone off course or to prompt an interviewee into giving more information:
• The field of medicine was always a male dominated field until very recently where there was an influx of female medical students. How does this relate to the feminine quality off being a nurturer? Do you think it is preferred to see a male or female primary physician/ER