To protect and serve while protecting privileges and serving male interests: hegemonic masculinity and the sense of entitlement within the Icelandic police force

The police force and police work are gendered and male dominated. Progression towards gender equality is slow despite multiple efforts to enable change. Greater attention is needed regarding men’s perspectives on gender equality, including the preconceptions and prejudices that sustain this hegemoni...

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Autores principales: Steinþórsdóttir, Finnborg S. (Autor) ; Pétursdóttir, Gyða M. (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2022
En: Policing and society
Año: 2022, Volumen: 32, Número: 4, Páginas: 489-503
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