Thursday, November 5, 2009
post 19
Personally, I hate the media. There are too many gullible people in the world that believe most of the things the meda puts out. There is an obserd amount of stereotypes being put out into the world about women. They report women in male dominated fields as masculinized, non feminine women or the femine women as the June Cleavers. This perpetuates sexism in the media and in everyday life. In the prison system, women are usually in female dominated clerical/secreterial work. Men are also accepting women in officer positions, just as long as they are at similar strenght/fitness abilities of their male counterparts. Males also reported that females did not have the same value that they did. Women also recieved fewer promotions than the males revieved.
post 18
Being an officer has traditionally been a masculine job. It is a male dominated field, where training is done to help the officer deal with mostly male behavior. In training this male behavior is said to be physical violence. This masculine idea is perpetuated through the training that is done. Women often drop out of training because of the fear of violence, which further perpetuated the this masculine norm. This makes less females in this occupation.
There is also a difference in men's and women's prisons. Men's prisons are characterized as a violent place. Women inmates are viewed in the correctional systems as criers, liers, and manipulators. Female officers in male intuitions are surprisingly respected and often viewed as a nurturing figure. Male officers in female intuitions are sometimes viewed as fatherly figures, but a lot of males refuse to work in female institutions because of accusations made by the prisoners.
There is also a difference in men's and women's prisons. Men's prisons are characterized as a violent place. Women inmates are viewed in the correctional systems as criers, liers, and manipulators. Female officers in male intuitions are surprisingly respected and often viewed as a nurturing figure. Male officers in female intuitions are sometimes viewed as fatherly figures, but a lot of males refuse to work in female institutions because of accusations made by the prisoners.
post 17
Britton discussed if officer-inmate relationships devolop, there is an emotional investment and the officer may preferentially treat the inmate. In the NBC documentary, it was said that a lot of female officers "hook-up" with the female inmates. This would be determental becuase it jepordizes the officers job and authority over the inmates.
Most of the officers see the inmates as wrong doers who cannot be trusted. A lot of officers of both genders report rather working in a prison with male inmates because they are more likely to follow orders, while in prisons with female inmates there is more insubordination, and reports of assault, rape, etc.
The Latino and African American officers face a lot of different issues. There are stereotypes in the prison systems, and the concept of "the language of the overseer" where there is a disidentification process. This is the denial of ones own racial identity. These officers know there are a disproportionate amount of minorities in the prison system, but are more likely to subscribe to the idea that inmates are people who made mistakes. Which also brings officers own experiences with racism in the outside world to bear on their assessments.
The inmates are ultimately viewed as kids needed to be baby sat because they are not responsible enough to follow the rules of take care of themselves. Officers view the inmates as being reformed by doing time, but there is no rehabilitation in this reformation of the inmate, which is the social control that is used on the inmates.
Most of the officers see the inmates as wrong doers who cannot be trusted. A lot of officers of both genders report rather working in a prison with male inmates because they are more likely to follow orders, while in prisons with female inmates there is more insubordination, and reports of assault, rape, etc.
The Latino and African American officers face a lot of different issues. There are stereotypes in the prison systems, and the concept of "the language of the overseer" where there is a disidentification process. This is the denial of ones own racial identity. These officers know there are a disproportionate amount of minorities in the prison system, but are more likely to subscribe to the idea that inmates are people who made mistakes. Which also brings officers own experiences with racism in the outside world to bear on their assessments.
The inmates are ultimately viewed as kids needed to be baby sat because they are not responsible enough to follow the rules of take care of themselves. Officers view the inmates as being reformed by doing time, but there is no rehabilitation in this reformation of the inmate, which is the social control that is used on the inmates.
post 16
Britton's study discusses the different ways to becoming a correctional officer. Job pathways are determined by occupational socialization and gendered processes that are shaped by cultural depictions, child's play, and adult role models.
Most correctional officers do not seek out this career, they report "drifting into the work". Many report a better fit in a policing career, usually having experience in the military, or earlier in life wanting to be police officers. There were 2 women who reported these feelings, and the military experience was a male. Which is an unusual childhood ambition for women.
When getting a job as a correctional officer social networks play a large role in landing a job, where criminal justice/criminology majors in college are in the highest demand for these employers. Also having military experience (which is a male dominated field) and having family in the same line of work are great networks to getting correctional officer position.
There are a lot of incentives for people to become correctional officers, great benefit packages and pay grade scales that range from 20-40 thousand dollars a year. With a lot of officers not having a formal education after high school, some may find this as a benefit because college education is not a must. There is also a lot of room for advancement.
Most correctional officers do not seek out this career, they report "drifting into the work". Many report a better fit in a policing career, usually having experience in the military, or earlier in life wanting to be police officers. There were 2 women who reported these feelings, and the military experience was a male. Which is an unusual childhood ambition for women.
When getting a job as a correctional officer social networks play a large role in landing a job, where criminal justice/criminology majors in college are in the highest demand for these employers. Also having military experience (which is a male dominated field) and having family in the same line of work are great networks to getting correctional officer position.
There are a lot of incentives for people to become correctional officers, great benefit packages and pay grade scales that range from 20-40 thousand dollars a year. With a lot of officers not having a formal education after high school, some may find this as a benefit because college education is not a must. There is also a lot of room for advancement.
post 15
There are many changing demographics in prisons around the country. Since 1977 the imprisonment rate of women has increased by 757 percent, with an average annual increase of 8 percent. There is also a 24 to 1 male to female imprisonment rate which includes all 50 states and Federal prisons. The male demographics are over represented in prison as well. A lot of the growth of imprisoned individuals has been due to rapid population grown, and rapid growth of specific areas. Oklahoma, Mississippi, and Louisiana have the highest female imprisonment rates, and with Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Maine with the lowest rates. In terms of race discrepancies, black male and females are 7 times more likely to be incarcerated than white males and females. In terms of class, around half reported making less than 12,000 dollars a year. These trends are increasing, and no other country in the world imprisons their citizens like the US does.
Arizona there are 11 different prisons in Arizona's history. In Yuma, they imprisoned people from many different countries, also not failing to mention minorities. In US history there was a great theme of racial imprisonment standards with work farms and chain gains where only black prisoners were held.
Earlier on, most prisons housed all men women and children, then after human/civil rights were violated, they started separating prisons by gender. Arizona is a fairly young state in comparison to all the rest, and had followed most of the trends when it comes to imprisonment.
Arizona there are 11 different prisons in Arizona's history. In Yuma, they imprisoned people from many different countries, also not failing to mention minorities. In US history there was a great theme of racial imprisonment standards with work farms and chain gains where only black prisoners were held.
Earlier on, most prisons housed all men women and children, then after human/civil rights were violated, they started separating prisons by gender. Arizona is a fairly young state in comparison to all the rest, and had followed most of the trends when it comes to imprisonment.
post 14
Britton's thoughts of the theory of gendered organizations are that "we should see organizations not as nuetral organisms, infected by the germs of workers gender identities but as sites in which these attritibutes are present in preexisting assumptions and constructed through ongoing practice". She thinks that there are unequal situations in these organizations. Britton also disscusses the unequal pay genders recieve for the same jobs they do. There is still a wage gap that is being experienced due to "internal stratification", where women hold some of the lowest jobs, in more of the lower paying fields or specializations. Men have more of the top paying positions in administrative posts.
Structure, agency and culture are all interlinked in ongoing processes of organization gendering becuase, "gendered cultural representations ane ideologies affect our job choice, employers' prefrences for particular kinds of workers, and the practices that take place within organizations themselves". For example, a man and a women apply for a nannying job, the women is more likely to get the position because of the assumed past expereiences and the gender roles she has assumed.
Britton also said, “organizations are gendered at the level of structure”, which means there is a fundamental difference where the organizations have two seperate categories/divisions for their workers, public and private realms. These realms are work and life outside of work. These realms become gendered because companies are ofering child care and maternity leave. Also, generally speaking, a womens work is never complete after she leaves work. Women are generally expected to tend to the family after she leaves work. Women encounter pressure, the example in the book talkas about a women who recieved a promotion, but got asked to be placed back in her origional positon because of the added responisbility which she could not handle it.
Structure, agency and culture are all interlinked in ongoing processes of organization gendering becuase, "gendered cultural representations ane ideologies affect our job choice, employers' prefrences for particular kinds of workers, and the practices that take place within organizations themselves". For example, a man and a women apply for a nannying job, the women is more likely to get the position because of the assumed past expereiences and the gender roles she has assumed.
Britton also said, “organizations are gendered at the level of structure”, which means there is a fundamental difference where the organizations have two seperate categories/divisions for their workers, public and private realms. These realms are work and life outside of work. These realms become gendered because companies are ofering child care and maternity leave. Also, generally speaking, a womens work is never complete after she leaves work. Women are generally expected to tend to the family after she leaves work. Women encounter pressure, the example in the book talkas about a women who recieved a promotion, but got asked to be placed back in her origional positon because of the added responisbility which she could not handle it.
post 13
Britton describes the gender climate of prisons in the opening. Men are more masculine than women, but women inmates are almost too masculine for female correctional officers to "handle". I think in the media, the women prisoners are portrayed as "butch" women, and so are the female prison guards/correctional officers, but they are also portrayed as hyper-feminine, sexual beings. Male guards/officers are often portrayed as larger, tough, males who are "real men". Women still face the butch image, but in the actual prison, women are viewed as weak, feminine personas. In women's prisons, male guards/officers are viewed as manly men, who are violent. Men still have the dominance in the prisons. Women still are not holding higher positions in male prisons, but males are holding high positions in female prisons.
In the promotional video it shows women in male dominated sectors of the work forces, showing all different types of women (both masculine and feminine). These women in the video are taking action, and breaking into male dominated fields. I feel like there should have been a female narrator though.
In the promotional video it shows women in male dominated sectors of the work forces, showing all different types of women (both masculine and feminine). These women in the video are taking action, and breaking into male dominated fields. I feel like there should have been a female narrator though.
post 12
Occupational segregation still exists for many reasons. There are laws prohibiting this, but it still goes on because of loop-holes and different job standards. For example, women are less likely to hold an executive level position because of the negative connotation of the women getting pregnant, missing a lot of work, and having to deal more with their children...while men do not have the pregnancy capability. But this stigma still exists with women, and women are still being held back and are also experiencing the glass ceiling. Also, occupational segregation happens because women are socialized from an early age to have a "mom care taker" role. For example, nursing, child care, and teaching are female dominated fields. These gendered fields and social institutions are contributing to this segregation by perpetuating the gendered dominated hiring, and giving the males of the race an advantage. But then again, women who break into male dominated fields gain a couple advantages. These women are able to easily gain attention for excelling in their field. Women can also create a niche for themselves, by being the only women there. I think men gain, because their field doesn't fall under scrutiny, but, they lose because the field is being filled with more competition.
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