Pedersen, Maria Magdalena (2019) Implicit Knowledge Disrupting Morale in Evaluations of Police Officers. Bachelor, Humanities.
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Abstract
Stereotyping leave women in various professions stagnating. Preferences of masculine and agentic characteristics in leaders and authoritarian professions are prominent. Thus, renders females whom are commonly affiliated with femininity and communality, socially ‘unqualified’ for certain positions, and even fields. Police in the past consisted of only men, however with modern attitudes and emergence of egalitarian values, women are no longer alien to the profession. Still, women in the police encounter prejudice and attitudes that keep them from realising professional elevation and symmetrical power dynamics with men. This issue is not merely internal, rather, has intrinsic ties with social constructions that frame women and their roles accordingly. My research findings suggest that men are more commonly associated with police, which affiliation influences expectations of police being men. Men and women are perceived as having specific characteristics, whereas men are more physical and women more emotional. Despite idealising of communal, and female characteristics, men and agentic characteristics are favoured in situations or affairs that projects a need for certain roles. Such as in police. For my research I have collected 30 respondents to represent the public from Norway and the Netherlands. The countries are relatively similar and have imposed equal measures of symmetrising gender representation in police. By investigating people’s tendencies of characterising male and female difference, I was able to gain insight to attitudes and perceptions that influence women in police. The results of this research are interesting, and novel because respondents’ responses yielded contradicting. Respondents’ showed tendencies of idealising women and communal characteristics, however later favoured agentic and male characteristics. Thus, moral attitudes were overruled by implicit knowledge when evaluating police and potential situations. Which results points to; context dependency; fear; and expectations of constructed roles, as influential and determining factors. The interview design prompted respondents to not only contradict themselves but to a realisation of their own implicit knowledge. My research signifies a necessity of gender awareness training.
| Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Major: | Humanities |
| Supervisor: | Counihan, M.E. |
| Datum van aanlevering: | 30 Jul 2019 |
| Last modified: | 09 Jul 2020 14:26 |
| URI: | http://ucg.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/31 |
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