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Gender in portuguese firefighters: the experiences and strategies of women
Lopes, Beatriz Gomes; Marques, António Manuel; Santos, Maria HelenaThis study sets out to analyze the negative effects of tokenism among a group of Portuguese female firefighters alongside the strategies they adopt to integrate into a male majority professional context and inherently associated with masculinity. Individual semi-structured interviews were carried out with nine men and nine women before their content was subject to thematic analysis. The results confirm how, in ...
Gender asymmetries: an exploratory study of women’s experiences in portuguese f...
Santos, Maria Helena; Marques, António Manuel; Salvador, JoanaThe main objective of this exploratory study is to analyze the negative effects associated with the phenomenon of tokenism for Portuguese women in non-playing football roles, as well as their strategies for integration into a context where they are a minority and the social functions are dominated by men. To this end, we carried out semi-structured individual interviews with eight men and eight women, undertaki...
Forced to Work from Home: Division of Unpaid Work between Parents and the Relat...
Santos, Maria Helena; Rosa, Miriam; B. Correia, Rita; Ramos, Jéssica; Carvalho, Ana CatarinaThis study investigates the division of household chores and caregiving tasks during the COVID-19 pandemic, considering the influence of participants’ sex, work arrangement, and parental status. Additionally, it aims to understand the relationship of these variables with job satisfaction. Specifically, this study analyses the role of participants’ sex and parental status in the increase and division of unpaid w...
Gênero e pré-escola: experiências e estratégias de homens educadores de infância
Santos, Maria Helena; Cruz, Eduardo Ferreira; Marques, António ManuelEste estudo analisou as dinâmicas de gênero no contexto da educação de infância, em Portugal. Procurámos observar se os homens educadores de infância vivenciam as consequências negativas associadas aos tokens e a possível emergência de fenômenos relacionados com a construção social da masculinidade. A análise temática dos conteúdos de 14 entrevistas individuais semiestruturadas com educadores/as de infância ori...
Gender Dynamics in a Masculine Professional Context: The Case of the Portuguese...
Santos, Maria Helena; Morais, Patrícia; B. Correia, RitaThis article aims to understand the experiences of women working in the Portuguese Air Force, a traditionally male professional environment, and the perspectives of their male counterparts on the subject, considering women’s minority status and symbolic gender asymmetries in the military. This study draws on 16 semi-structured interviews with Air Force personnel, evenly split by gender. Findings reveal four mai...
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, RIGHT TO KNOWLEDGE, INEQUALITY AND EVALUATION: REFLE...
Rebelo, Aline Helena Mafra; Santos, Maria Helena; Oliveira, Sara Badra de; Dias, Julice; Bhering, Eliana Maria BahiaThis article aims to build arguments in favour of a large scale evaluation of the context of Early Childhood Education, defending the development of tools that take into consideration three important aspects of the aforementioned stage of Basic Education. That is, the access to knowledge, inequality and interactions, under the perspective of guaranteeing the children’s right to quality education. For this, ther...
Gender Equality and Modernity in Portugal. An Analysis on the Obstacles to Gend...
Amâncio, Lígia; Santos, Maria HelenaIn this review article, we argue that the transformations related to the modernisation of Portuguese society triggered by the implementation of democracy did not fully accommodate gender equality. In particular, when we consider the areas where the most progress has been made in keeping with a broadly shared urge for modernisation, education and science; whereas women have contributed to boosting the Portuguese...
Abrindo a Caixa de Pandora: a participação política das mulheres, as desigualda...
Santos, Maria Helena; Cerqueira, Carla Preciosa Braga; Cruz, Rui Manuel VieiraUma década após a aprovação da Lei da Paridade em Portugal, tornou-se imperativo explorar os efeitos simbólicos da representação descritiva das mulheres políticas (i.e., em termos numéricos) sobre as atitudes políticas das/os cidadãs/os portuguesas/es. Com este objetivo, realizámos um estudo que envolveu um questionário online dirigido à população portuguesa com mais de 18 anos. São apresentados os resultados d...
Experiences et strategies de femmes investies dans un “monde d’hommes”: le cas ...
Santos, Maria Helena; Roux, Patricia; Amâncio, LígiaL’article présente une recherche sur les dynamiques de genre œuvrant dans un contexte de tokenism: la politique. Vingt-deux femmes politiques portugaises ont été interviewées. Leurs stratégies pour se faire une place dans le monde masculin de la politique sont surtout déterminées par l’âge: les plus âgées luttent contre les discriminations de genre et privilégient des compétences féminines, tandis que les plus ...
Experiências e estratégias de mulheres empenhadas em vencer num "mundo de homen...
Santos, Maria Helena; Roux, Patrícia; Amâncio, LígiaL’article présente une recherche sur les dynamiques de genre œuvrant dans un contexte de tokenism: la politique. Vingt-deux femmes politiques portugaises ont été interviewées. Leurs stratégies pour se faire une place dans le monde masculin de la politique sont surtout déterminées par l’âge: les plus âgées luttent contre les discriminations de genre et privilégient des compétences féminines, tandis que les plus ...