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标题：Gender Inequalities in Highly Qualified Professions: A Social Psychological Analysis
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作者：Maria Helena Santos ; Lígia Amâncio
期刊名称：Journal of Social and Political Psychology
印刷版ISSN：2195-3325
出版年度：2016
卷号：4
期号：1
页码：427-443
语种：English
出版社：PsychOpen
摘要：Research in social and political psychology contributes towards understanding the persistence of job market gender segregation prevailing in recent decades, the consequences for those involved and their reactions when having to cope with gender inequality. Within the framework of the literature on shared ideologies that justify and legitimize discrimination against women, this article focuses on Portugal and analyses the particular case of women in two highly qualified professions traditionally carried out by men – politics and medicine. Drawing on the results of quantitative and qualitative studies, our analytical approach demonstrates how while a majority of participants show awareness of the existence of gender inequality in these markedly masculine professions, meritocratic individualism and personal attributions to discrimination are the recurring explanations rather than any gender-based account. These results allow us to highlight the relevance of gender-based analysis as an ideology and furthermore to argue that ignoring this perspective not only diminishes individual responsibility for social change but also perpetuates gender asymmetries.
关键词：gender segregation;politics;medicine;gender asymmetries;gender unawareness;meritocratic individualism;segregação de género;política;medicina;assimetrias de género;inconsciência do género;individualismo meritocrático