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Lopes, B. G., Marques, A. M. & Santos, M. H. (2024). Gender in Portuguese firefighters: The experiences and strategies of women. Social Sciences . 13 (8)

B. G. Lopes et al.,  "Gender in Portuguese firefighters: The experiences and strategies of women", in Social Sciences , vol. 13, no. 8, 2024

@article{lopes2024_1732211497230,
	author = "Lopes, B. G. and Marques, A. M. and Santos, M. H.",
	title = "Gender in Portuguese firefighters: The experiences and strategies of women",
	journal = "Social Sciences ",
	year = "2024",
	volume = "13",
	number = "8",
	doi = "10.3390/socsci13080431",
	url = "https://www.mdpi.com/journal/socsci"
}

TY  - JOUR
TI  - Gender in Portuguese firefighters: The experiences and strategies of women
T2  - Social Sciences 
VL  - 13
IS  - 8
AU  - Lopes, B. G.
AU  - Marques, A. M.
AU  - Santos, M. H.
PY  - 2024
SN  - 2076-0760
DO  - 10.3390/socsci13080431
UR  - https://www.mdpi.com/journal/socsci
AB  - This 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 the context of the work performed by firefighters, there is a clear differentiation between the genders, with women both being more visible and leading to conformity to depicting stereotypical femininity. In order to fit in, female firefighters attempt to replicate the attitudes of their male colleagues, demonstrate high standards of performance, and tone down any expression of perceivably feminine characteristics.
ER  -