Sexism in Medical Communication

2022 ◽  
pp. 70-88
Author(s):  
Yasmin Grant
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Gender Discrimination ◽  
Medical Profession ◽  
Family Responsibilities ◽  
Medical Communication ◽  
Gender Inequity ◽  
Women In Medicine ◽  
Gender Neutral ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Cultural Structure

Communication is one of the most essential skills of the medical profession, however, it is a tool through which sexism and gender discrimination are promoted and reproduced. There is often the perception in medicine and surgery that gender inequity centres on lifestyle, family responsibilities, and childcare issues. However, this chapter highlights that deeply engrained biases in medical communication still exist, and are perpetrated by institutions and individuals, women included. Awareness of gendered language must be raised and highlighted in order to make a change. It is achievable to speak in gender-neutral ways that are inclusive and precise as to not conjure biased attitudes towards women in medicine. Social change must be pursued at the level of the institution, the cultural structure, and at the interactional level of gender.

Sexism in Medical Communication

2020 ◽  
pp. 75-93
Author(s):  
Yasmin Grant
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Gender Discrimination ◽  
Medical Profession ◽  
Family Responsibilities ◽  
Medical Communication ◽  
Gender Inequity ◽  
Women In Medicine ◽  
Gender Neutral ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Cultural Structure

Communication is one of the most essential skills of the medical profession, however, it is a tool through which sexism and gender discrimination are promoted and reproduced. There is often the perception in medicine and surgery that gender inequity centres on lifestyle, family responsibilities, and childcare issues. However, this chapter highlights that deeply engrained biases in medical communication still exist, and are perpetrated by institutions and individuals, women included. Awareness of gendered language must be raised and highlighted in order to make a change. It is achievable to speak in gender-neutral ways that are inclusive and precise as to not conjure biased attitudes towards women in medicine. Social change must be pursued at the level of the institution, the cultural structure, and at the interactional level of gender.

Faculty promotion evaluation and gender equity in business schools

2020 ◽  
pp. 174114322095359
Author(s):  
Ed Dandalt ◽  
Stephane Brutus
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equity ◽  
Gender Discrimination ◽  
Business Schools ◽  
Full Professor ◽  
Female Faculty ◽  
Gender Inequity ◽  
Evaluation Systems ◽  
Collective Agreements ◽  
And Gender ◽  
General Studies

This article aims to address the fairness of promotion evaluation (appointments to the rank of full professor) process in Canadian business schools as perceived by tenured business female faculty. Our analysis is underscored by two studies with two different data collection methods (survey data analysis, policy content analysis) and driven by procedural justice as the main theoretical lens. The first study addresses the perspective of our survey participants ( N=198) by revealing that they believe the process of promotion evaluations is fair. Intrigued by this result, we undertook a second study to review the language of faculty collective agreements in these schools to explain partially why our participants believe in the fairness of promotion evaluations. The language of these faculty collective agreements suggests that the above result makes sense considering that they regulate promotion evaluations and decisions. However, this does not mean that the process of faculty promotions is free of gender discrimination as these faculty collective agreements have not addressed all the antecedents and predictors of gender inequity per se. The findings of this article are relevant because the issue of the underrepresentation of female faculty as related to promotion in senior academic ranks in Canadian business schools is under-researched. The existing studies on faculty promotion evaluations are too general and have not specifically addressed the fairness of business schools’ faculty promotion evaluation systems from the perspective of tenured business female faculty. Plus, the relevance of the findings of this article lies in the fact that contrary to most general studies on female faculty experience with promotion evaluations at Canadian universities and internationally, these findings suggest that such experience in Canadian business schools is not always associated with gender discrimination and negative perspectives among female faculty.

scholarly journals FEMALE FORM OF MALE DOMINANT STRUCTURE IN ARTISTIC CONTEXT

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (62) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Gender Roles ◽  
Gender Discrimination ◽  
Art History ◽  
Literature Research ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
The Arts ◽  
The Subject ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Dominant Structure ◽  
Cultural Structure

Women have always been the subject of art in terms of their biological and physiological characteristics. The compositions that are shaped in accordance with contents have different nuances in terms of form according to the cultural structure in the arts of civilizations with functional practices and sub-meaning interpretations. Despite this, they have common characteristics in terms of woman/body/sexuality on social duty and classification. Such that male domination social gender roles, gender discrimination based on biology bring along some restrictions and exclusion, and that degrades women to the subject of scopophilic. Gender structure in art is exposed with unfair visual codes, disadvantageous images, improper female circumstances and erotic nudity in many compositions. Women body that is turned into a theatrical material, their identity and gender are abstracted, their image, representation, symbol and government connetion shows the demands of male dominant structure. In this frame, the aim of this study is to analyze the affect of gender roles, patterns, the woman themed art pieces in historical process that is oriented towards structuring, building a sustainable woman perception in male dominant systems of societies on art history. Accordingly, the study is important in terms of showing the systematical dominances on woman identity, body, sexuality created by male dominant sense of art and art literature research in terms of turning femininity into a different construction other than its natural positions and clarifying the problem of re-naming and re-structuring the position of woman and body today. Literature research and descriptive research methods are used in this study. Related visuals and written resources are analyzed and the parts that are related to the content of this article are handled in a manner that creates meaningful unity. Keywords: Masculinity/femininity, male statement and work of art, social gender and art

scholarly journals Professional Titles for Women Seafarers in the Croatian and Montenegrin Media

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Milena Dževerdanović Pejović
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Gender Discrimination ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
English Language ◽  
Social Changes ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Gender Neutral ◽  
Professional Titles ◽  
The Republic ◽  
And Gender

This paper aims to present a comparative view of the English and Croatian female maritime ranks aboard ship in the language of media. Regarding the English language, male/masculine forms have also been normative and gender-neutral; in other words, they refer to both genders (pilot, lawyer, captain). However, changes in the society and “embarkation” of women on board masculine professions have been reflected in language changes as well. The female professional titles are derived from the masculine forms. Social changes and gender awareness politics simultaneously took place in both countries, resulting in the rise of women seafarer number on board ships. This paper presents a review of the comparative analysis of Montenegrin and Croatian texts. The results show that Croatian media use the female titles more frequently and regularly, while in Montenegrin texts their use is somewhat sporadic. The reasons for this are also found in the ethnical picture of the two countries. Montenegrin society still rests on patriarchal values and the authors of the texts prefer using masculine forms as gender-neutral. What is more, the Republic of Croatia accessed the European Union in 2013, and it was undoubtedly required to implement institutional regulations relating to minimizing gender discrimination in the society and public discourse. Finally, it was concluded that linguists and language planners have to differentiate between justified and non-justified use of female forms as they can assume the pejorative meaning.

scholarly journals Diskriminasi pada Pemain Game Online Perempuan

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (02) ◽  
pp. 234-248
Author(s):  
Brigietta Irna Pramesty
Keyword(s):  
Gender Discrimination ◽  
Leisure Activities ◽  
Verbal Discrimination ◽  
Online Game ◽  
Mobile Games ◽  
Interactive Games ◽  
Employment Sector ◽  
Game Players ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Cultural Structure

Abstract Advances in technology have also developed entertainment facilities that are served to the community. One of the available entertainment facilities is mobile games or mobile games. Mobile games have considerable appeal for people of all ages and genders. This study analyzes the discrimination of female “Mobile Legends: Bang Bang” game players in the interaction of online game players Mobile Legend: Bang Bang. Research on gender discrimination focuses more on issues of work and gender roles in the cultural structure of society but still rarely researches leisure activities. For this reason, the study aims to determine the discrimination experienced by female players in Mobile Legends: Bang Bang and the forms of verbal discrimination spoken by the players during the game. This research was conducted using the phenomenological method to explore the experiences of the female players. The adventures of female players are used to understand the phenomena that lead to discrimination. The results of this study show that female players have experienced discrimination from male players. Discriminatory words and sentences indirectly degrade the degree and dignity of female players because they accuse female players of being prostitutes, being equated with animals, and mentioning that the Mobile Legend game is not a place for women. This research shows that gender discrimination occurs in the employment sector and in the entertainment sector, one of which is online games.Keywords: discrimination; interactive games; mobile games; Mobile Legends; woman players.  Abstrak Kemajuan teknologi turut mengembangkan sarana hiburan yang disuguhkan untuk masyarakat. Salah satu sarana hiburan yang tersedia adalah permainan seluler atau mobile games. Mobile games memiliki daya tarik yang cukup besar bagi masyarakat dari berbagai kalangan usia maupun gender. Penelitian ini menganalisis diskriminasi pada pemain game “Mobile Legends: Bang Bang” perempuan pada interaksi pemain game online Mobile Legend:Bang Bang. Penelitian tentang diskriminasi gender lebih banyak berpusat pada persoalan pekerjaan dan peran gender dalam struktur budaya masyarakat, tetapi masih jarang meneliti pada kegiatan hiburan (leisure). Untuk itu, penelitian bertujuan untuk mengetahui diskriminasi yang dialami oleh pemain perempuan Mobile Legends: Bang Bang dan bentuk-bentuk diskriminasi verbal yang diucapkan oleh para pemain selama permainan berlangsung. Penelitian ini dilakukan dengan menggunakan metode fenomenologi untuk menggali pengalaman dari para pemain perempuan. Pengalaman dari pemain perempuan digunakan untuk memahami fenomena yang mengarah pada diskriminasi. Hasil penelitian ini memperlihatkan bahwa pemain perempuan pernah mengalami diskriminasi dari pemain laki-laki. Kata-kata dan kalimat diskriminatif dikemukakan dengam menyebut pemain perempuan sebagai pelacur, disamakan dengan binatang, dan menyebutkan bahwa permainan Mobile Legend bukan tempat bagi perempuan. Melalui penelitian ini, menunjukkan bahwa diskriminasi gender terjadi tidak hanya pada sektor pekerjaan, tetapi juga pada sektor hiburan, salah satunya pada permainan daring.  Kata Kunci: diskriminasi; Mobile Legends; permainan interaktif; pemain perempuan. 

scholarly journals Glass Ceiling Effect on Women Career Progression in Urban Pakistan

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 17-42
Author(s):  
Rozina Imtiaz ◽  
Sadia Shaikh ◽  
Syeda Qurat ul Ain
Keyword(s):  
Glass Ceiling ◽  
Gender Discrimination ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Career Progression ◽  
Ceiling Effect ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Family Responsibilities ◽  
Stress Study ◽  
Notable Increase ◽  
And Gender

Regardless of the notable increase in the women workforce worldwide, their advancement toward the senior managerial designations has remained limited. The obstruction for women to achieve senior-level positions due to gender discrimination is referred to the Glass Ceiling (GC) effect. Gender discrimination persists as a constant setback globally, but it has become an acute problem in developing countries. The key objective of this study is to investigate the glass ceiling effect on women career growth in urban Pakistan. Deductive approach is used to determine the variables which support the GC effect. A total of 150 questionnaires were distributed using random sampling technique among the female employees of Karachi, out of which 100 responded. Data is analyzed using descriptive statistics with the help of SPSS. The study concluded that urban working women are drained with family responsibilities, workload and gender discrimination at work, which eventually results in inefficiency and a high degree of stress. Study findings reveal that the strongest predictor that hinder Women Career Progression (WCP) is Gender Stereotype (GS), followed by Organizational Practices (OP), and the Work-life Conflict (WLC). Based on the study findings it is recommended that the organizations in Pakistan should inculcate equality, encourage diversity in the senior management, offer the women workforce flexible-job arrangements and maternity leaves, and provide day care facilities to the children, to balance the women work-life conflicts.

Women-Friendly Policies being adopted by Organizations: An Innovative aspect

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shlesha Singh ◽  
Mrinalini Pandey
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Harassment ◽  
Glass Ceiling ◽  
Gender Stereotype ◽  
The Other ◽  
Family Responsibilities ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The Family ◽  
Workplace Barriers ◽  
Women In The Workforce ◽  
And Gender

Organizations are these days realizing the importance of women in the workforce and to tap that talent, organizations are now-a-days putting extra efforts. Workplaces were designed keeping men in mind and which has been intercepting women from continuing the competitive jobs and career along with the family responsibilities. On the other hand, there are various workplace barriers which are adding to the other problems. Women face several barriers at the workplace like sexual harassment, glass ceiling and gender stereotype.

McIvor v Canada and the 2010 Amendments to the Indian Act: A Half-Hearted Rememdy to Historical Injustice

2012 ◽  
Vol 19 (1, 2 & 3) ◽  
pp. 2011
Author(s):  
Sarah E. Hamill
Keyword(s):  
Gender Discrimination ◽  
Neutral System ◽  
Historical Injustice ◽  
Canadian Government ◽  
Indian Act ◽  
Gender Neutral

2010 saw the twenty-fifth anniversary of two important legal developments in Canada: Bill C-31, which significantly amended the existingIndian Act, and the coming into effect of section 15 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.1 Section 15 was partially responsible for the introduction of Bill C-31. The Canadian government introduced Bill C-31 to address, among other things, gender discrimination in the system of Indian status. Bill C-31, however, fell short of its goal of introducing a gender-neutral system of Indian status under the Indian Act.

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