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This book examines gender and professions in the 21st century.
Historically the professions encompassed law, medicine and the
church, all of which excluded women from participation. Industry
and the 20th century introduced new professions such as engineering
and latterly information technology skill and, whilst the increase
in credentialism and accreditations open up further avenues for
professions to develop, many of the 'newer' professions exhibit
similar gendered characteristics, still based on a perceived
masculine identity of the professional workers and the association
of the professional with high level credentials based on university
qualifications. In contrast, professions such as teaching and
nursing, characterized as women's professions which reflected
women's socially acceptable role of caring, developed as regulated
occupations from the late 19th century. Since the 1970s and the
women's movements, anti-discrimination and equal opportunity
legislation and policies have aimed to break down the gendered
bastion of the professions and grant women entry. With growing
numbers of women employed in a range of professions and the
political importance of gender equality gaining prominence
globally, Gender and the Professions also considers how women and
men are faring in a diverse range of professional occupations.
Aimed at researchers, academics and policy makers in the fields of
Professions, Gender Studies, Organizational Studies and related
disciplines. Gender and the Professions provides new insights of
women's experiences in the professions in both developed and less
developed countries and in professions less often explored.
This book examines gender and professions in the 21st century.
Historically the professions encompassed law, medicine and the
church, all of which excluded women from participation. Industry
and the 20th century introduced new professions such as engineering
and latterly information technology skill and, whilst the increase
in credentialism and accreditations open up further avenues for
professions to develop, many of the 'newer' professions exhibit
similar gendered characteristics, still based on a perceived
masculine identity of the professional workers and the association
of the professional with high level credentials based on university
qualifications. In contrast, professions such as teaching and
nursing, characterized as women's professions which reflected
women's socially acceptable role of caring, developed as regulated
occupations from the late 19th century. Since the 1970s and the
women's movements, anti-discrimination and equal opportunity
legislation and policies have aimed to break down the gendered
bastion of the professions and grant women entry. With growing
numbers of women employed in a range of professions and the
political importance of gender equality gaining prominence
globally, Gender and the Professions also considers how women and
men are faring in a diverse range of professional occupations.
Aimed at researchers, academics and policy makers in the fields of
Professions, Gender Studies, Organizational Studies and related
disciplines. Gender and the Professions provides new insights of
women's experiences in the professions in both developed and less
developed countries and in professions less often explored.
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