SOC 3740 Lecture Notes - Erving Goffman

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 3740
• Professor: C Yule

Document Summary

Fairly recent that we have allowed women to work in male institutions (1978) Before it was exclusively women in women institutions and men in men institutions. People were being denied jobs in institutions due to their gender. There was a lot of reluctance in male institutions about women working there- concerns about privacy, capability: challenges women face in all male institutions. Sexist remarks from inmates and other officers. Males didn"t trust the women: most recent questions revolve around: Some research suggests that female co"s can provide institutional benefits, such as lower assault on staff. Different coping mechanisms other than threats, different relationships between inmates and women than men, more of a nurturing role rather than disciplinary. There"s a normalizing effect because the greater community has females in it, without them, the prison culture becomes hyper masculine, this helps to humanize the work place and makes it more similar to the free world.