A man's world : The sex and gender of pilots
(2005)School of Aviation
- Abstract
- This report concerns the unequal sex distribution among pilots. The purpose was to find an explanation to why this is, and come up with suggestions for a change. It has been done by studying literature on female pilots and women in non-traditional occupations, and by applying gender theories to their findings and conclusions. To be able to examine the role of the pilot the report starts by introducing some important aspects of gender theories. This was done to include the social and cultural aspects of the sexes and explain how gender specific occupational roles are being established. The sex distribution among pilots was also introduced to the reader to show that women seldom make up to more than 10% of the staff in aviation companies.... (More)
- This report concerns the unequal sex distribution among pilots. The purpose was to find an explanation to why this is, and come up with suggestions for a change. It has been done by studying literature on female pilots and women in non-traditional occupations, and by applying gender theories to their findings and conclusions. To be able to examine the role of the pilot the report starts by introducing some important aspects of gender theories. This was done to include the social and cultural aspects of the sexes and explain how gender specific occupational roles are being established. The sex distribution among pilots was also introduced to the reader to show that women seldom make up to more than 10% of the staff in aviation companies. The conclusion that was made, was that the perception of occupations as either male or female is established early and that this is difficult to change. This perception makes it less likely for the underrepresented sex to apply for that kind of work. It was also established that the gender identity is separated from the biological sex. Throughout this work it was found that the pilot role is traditionally masculine. When establishing the biological sex, a presumption about the gender identity is being made. This has to change for women to get equal access to the pilot occupation. The most important change for a less masculine occupation role was found to be an increase of female pilots. (Less)
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- author
- Flygare, Johanna
- supervisor
- organization
- year
- 2005
- type
- M3 - Professional qualifications ( - 4 Years)
- subject
- keywords
- occupation role, pilots, female pilots, trafikflygare, trafikflygarprogrammet, aviation, Gender studies, Genusvetenskap, Air transport technology, Lufttransportteknik
- language
- English
- id
- 1331964
- date added to LUP
- 2005-06-16 00:00:00
- date last changed
- 2005-06-16 00:00:00
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abstract = {{This report concerns the unequal sex distribution among pilots. The purpose was to find an explanation to why this is, and come up with suggestions for a change. It has been done by studying literature on female pilots and women in non-traditional occupations, and by applying gender theories to their findings and conclusions. To be able to examine the role of the pilot the report starts by introducing some important aspects of gender theories. This was done to include the social and cultural aspects of the sexes and explain how gender specific occupational roles are being established. The sex distribution among pilots was also introduced to the reader to show that women seldom make up to more than 10% of the staff in aviation companies. The conclusion that was made, was that the perception of occupations as either male or female is established early and that this is difficult to change. This perception makes it less likely for the underrepresented sex to apply for that kind of work. It was also established that the gender identity is separated from the biological sex. Throughout this work it was found that the pilot role is traditionally masculine. When establishing the biological sex, a presumption about the gender identity is being made. This has to change for women to get equal access to the pilot occupation. The most important change for a less masculine occupation role was found to be an increase of female pilots.}},
author = {{Flygare, Johanna}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{A man's world : The sex and gender of pilots}},
year = {{2005}},
}