The Policewoman Image in the Perception of the Internal Affairs Ministry  Universities Cadets in Russia

The discourse of a city (small, large, metropolitan) according to the hypothesis tested by the author significantly affects the social perception of a policewoman. To test the hypothesis, a survey of future police officers (cadets of universities of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, N = 747) was conducted in 2022-2023. It was found that young cadets from small towns do not see their possible leaders in female colleagues, but they are ready for the fact that a policewoman will acquire masculine qualities. Unlike young men from regional centers and metropolitan cities they often see female colleagues as possible wives and partners. Female cadets from small towns see themselves in the future primarily as "breadwinners of the family", while girls from big cities are police leaders (but they want to see a man as their boss). For girls from large and very large cities, equality means, first of all, equal (with men) prospects for social mobility. At the same time, for girls from small towns, it consists in the same working conditions as men, and young men from big cities and megacities understand equality in a similar way. Young men from such cities declaratively recognize gender equality, but doubt the service and organizational abilities of female colleagues.

Keywords

policewoman, urban and corporate discourses, stereotypes. social perception, internal affairs bodies, gender equality

Acknowledgment

The research was supported by the Russian Science Foundation (Grant 23-18-00288 Discursive Transformations of the Modern City)

Received

20.01.2024

Publication date

20.01.2024

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GOST	Savchenko I. The Policewoman Image in the Perception of the Internal Affairs Ministry Universities Cadets in Russia // Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya – 2023. – Issue 12 C. 108-120 [Electronic resource]. URL: http://ras.jes.su/socis/s013216250029341-8-1-en (circulation date: 17.05.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S013216250029341-8
MLA	Savchenko, Irina A "The Policewoman Image in the Perception of the Internal Affairs Ministry Universities Cadets in Russia." Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya 12 (2023):108-120. DOI: 10.31857/S013216250029341-8
APA	Savchenko I. (2023). The Policewoman Image in the Perception of the Internal Affairs Ministry Universities Cadets in Russia. Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya (12), pp.108-120 DOI: 10.31857/S013216250029341-8

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