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  1. 1. Clearing up the bullshit : Deconstructing 'feminisation', gender stereotypes and gender biases within UK veterinary surgery

    Master-uppsats, Linköpings universitet/Tema Genus

    Författare :Pilar Girvan; [2019]
    Nyckelord :veterinary; feminisation; sociology; discourse; gender; stereotypes; professional projects; boundary work; discourse;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis explores ‘feminisation’ discourse(s) within the UK veterinary profession, including the ways in which gender stereotypes and biases also influence such discourses and experiences of working within the field. Drawing upon and combining a range of sociological, organisational and feminist theories such as Witz’s (1992) theory of gendered professional projects and Butler’s (1990) highly influential notion of performativity, I am able to contextualise and expand upon the ‘doing’ of the veterinary profession as well as being able to frame ‘feminisation’ discourses as paradoxes, potentially producing the effects they articulate. LÄS MER