Status of Women in Social Work Education

Sakamoto, Izumi; Anastas, Jeane W.; McPhail, Beverly A.; Colarossi, Lisa G.

doi:10.5175/jswe.2008.200600103

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“…The male domination of the profession can be observed within the social work curriculum and its continued reliance on male theorists to explain human behavior, the acceptance of "universal knowledge" that is predicated on the experiences and actions of some men (Figueira-McDonough et al, 1998), the predominance of male faculty in full professor positions (Lennon, 2005), and ongoing pay discrepancies between male and female faculty (see Sakamoto et al, 2008).…”

Section: Re-gendering the Social Work Curriculum: New Realities And Cmentioning

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Re-Gendering the Social Work Curriculum: New Realities and Complexities

McPhail

2008

Journal of Social Work Education

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The word gender has traditionally been a proxy for women, therefore, calling for gender inclusion meant content most often on women and women's issues. However, today there are new realities that make a call for gender inclusion more complex. For example, there is awareness that men have a gender too, and, therefore, there is increased attention being paid to men and masculinities in diverse disciplines. In addition, the emerging literature in transgender studies calls for more complex understandings and models of gender because of the lived experience of gendervariant persons as well as postmodern theoretical concepts (McPhail, 2004a).This call for a more complex gendered story in the curriculum comes at a pivotal time in social work that is due to larger concerns, including the graying of feminist faculty; the claim that social work students and With the advent of the 2nd wave of the women's movement, numerous voices within social work academia called for the inclusion of gendered content in the curriculum. The subsequent addition of content on women was a pivotal achievement for the social work profession. However, gender is an increasingly slippery concept. A current call for re-gendering the social work curriculum includes continued emphasis on the importance of the concept of gender while acknowledging that men have a gender, too. The call for a more comprehensive understanding of gender includes new conceptualizations of women; more complex understandings of feminism(s); content on men, masculinities, and transgender issues; and methods for teaching a critical gender consciousness.Specific class exercises and film recommendations are included.

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Section: Re-gendering the Social Work Curriculum: New Realities And Cmentioning

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Re-Gendering the Social Work Curriculum: New Realities and Complexities

McPhail

2008

Journal of Social Work Education

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“…Evidence suggests that the proportion of women in social work in North America (Sakamoto et al, 2008), the United Kingdom (GSCC Report, 2010), and Australia (Healy and Lonne, 2010) is increasing.…”

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“…Studies of social workers demonstrate that women are less likely than men to undertake managerial roles in human services and earn less money than men in comparable positions (Bent-Goodley and Sarnoff, 2008;Sakamoto et al, 2008).…”

Section: Men In a 'Women's Profession'mentioning

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“…These inequalities are reflected in various forms of horizontal and vertical occupational segregation in social work (Sakamoto et al, 2008). Notwithstanding the influence of feminist ideas on social work, the social work profession retains patriarchal, gendered practices and these gendered practices can be understood as representing an unequal gender regime and provide the context in which social work with men needs to be located.…”

Section: Men In a 'Women's Profession'mentioning

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Masculinity and Social Work Practice

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2015

International Encyclopedia of the Social &Amp; Behavioral Sciences

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“…are women (Sakamoto et al, 2008). And yet, one study reported pervasive gender differences in social work educator's pay, rank, job duties, and tenure, with women being disadvantaged in almost all areas compared to their male counterparts (Sakamoto et al, 2008). Given that all participants are female social work students, the feminist framework is an important lens to bring to the study.…”

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Shame and Social Work Students: A Qualitative Interview Study

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Status of Women in Social Work Education

Cited by 46 publications

References 40 publications

Re-Gendering the Social Work Curriculum: New Realities and Complexities

Re-Gendering the Social Work Curriculum: New Realities and Complexities

Masculinity and Social Work Practice

Shame and Social Work Students: A Qualitative Interview Study

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