"Vi har ju bemött dem som liksom vem som helst i övrigt" - En kvalitativ studie om hur professionella inom missbruksvården förhåller sig till kön och sexualitet i sitt arbete

Sammanfattning: The aim of this study is to analyze how professionals in swedish substance abuse care relate to gender and sexuality in their work. The aim was furthermore to explore how they experience their competence regarding these issues as well as how it affects their treatment and work. The empirical material consists of six semi-structured interviews with professionals of health and rehabilitation clinics for addiction. The theoretical framework used in this study is Butler’s queer and gender theory as well as Bourdieu’s theory about habitus, practice and field. This study’s main findings comprise of an experience of lack of competence, education and policies regarding LGBTQI. This resulted in the professionals having to find different tactics and strategies themselves based on their own values and previous experiences. The professionals also assumed that men and women were perceived as being each other's opposites which contributed to consolidate the heteronorm.