“Their Great Shame is Poverty”: Women Portrayed as Among the “Undeserving Poor” are Seen as Deserving Sexual Assault

Kiebler, Jessica; Stewart, Abigail J.

doi:10.1007/s11199-023-01383-9

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“…Juggling employment and placement led to a level of fatigue which had a negative impact on some women's ability to expend energy on their learning. These findings indicate that the participants faced significant financial strain while undertaking placement through needing to cut back on paid work, but this also impacted on the women's perceptions of deservingness (Kiebler & Stewart, 2023). As Tonsing and Barn (2017) write, shame is a social force that can have tremendous impact on people's lives.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Even though social work students understand the social determinants of poverty (Crutchfield et al, 2020) they are not exempt from feelings of inadequacy, selfblame, and stigma when experiencing poverty or high levels of emotional distress themselves. It is often assumed that a person's economic position is earned, whether it is high or low, and as such many believe that one's economic position is fair and just (Kiebler & Stewart, 2023). Yet this assumption is far from reality.…”

Section: Qualitative Datamentioning

confidence: 99%

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“My Anxiety Was Through the Roof”: The Gendered Nature of Financial Stress and Its Impact on Mental Health and Well-Being for Women When Undertaking Social Work Placements

Hodge,

McIntyre,

Morley

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Social work practice is not a highly paid or high-status occupation. The historical roots of social work lie in charity work directed toward social needs and poverty, with much of this work previously women's unpaid work. This set the stage for a norm of unpaid labor in the predominantly female occupation. Women who are mature-aged, lone parents, carers and on low income have continuously been the numerical majority within social work. As such, the unpaid field placement disproportionately affects women. This article provides a gendered analysis of qualitative data obtained from women participants in a national survey of social work students from five Australian universities ( n = 409) following 1000 h of field education placement. Open-ended questions aimed to explore the experiences of financial stress from lengthy unpaid placements on the mental health and well-being of social work students. The findings contribute to a growing body of feminist literature critiquing the current field education model and argue for significant reflection, flexibility, and change. To meet the collective social work goals of social justice and dismantling systemic oppression, a new placement model is needed that is both inclusive and sustainable.

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Section: Qualitative Datamentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Qualitative Datamentioning

confidence: 99%