Blog 17
Officers who build relationships with inmates will only lead to termination or suspension, depending on the issue. Women use officers to get them things from the outside and then turn around and frame the officers. An inmate does not build a relationship with an officer because they like them; they do it for their own personal well-being. Male officers have to be extra careful that they do not make any comments towards a female inmate because it can backfire later.
There are many lesbians in women prisons. It helps them get through their long sentence. Officers do not have a problem with it and actually feel it is very unique and interesting. Many of the inmates are hairdressers and some of the officers allow them to cut and do their hair because they feel like they are at a beauty parlor on the outside. While they are in the beauty shop, they are just two women; the officer does not treat her like an inmate or feel like an inmate is doing her hair.
Officers of color have a more difficult time in prison than white women. African American and Latino officers are constantly name called and hear many racist comments. It can be scary for an officer of color to work in a prison where it is more dominantly white people. They are taught how to react and respond when an inmate threatens them. The best thing for the officers to do is to ignore the inmate and not let them feel like they have won. According to the videos, all inmates want is attention from the officers and they will do whatever they can to get that attention. The officers know that they want attention and ignore them unless they try to hurt themselves.
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Blog 16
Blog 16
A woman’s dream job is not to be a correctional officer. Before women became correctional officers, they used to have secretarial and clerical jobs. Nearly all of the women working as correctional officers did so as a last resort and expressed how they were felt scared at first. It is very rare for a woman to grow up wanting to be a correctional officer. However, men grow up wanting to be a police officer and then began to favor corrections.
Men and women were attracted to the work because of the pay and benefits. Also, prisons tend to be located in isolated rural areas where well-paying jobs are scarce. Single mothers were enticed by the job’s pay, security, benefits and retirement. Men are way more likely to want to become a correctional officer by choice and not by the pay. Men seem to not care about the pay but actually have love for the job.
Many people who became correctional officers have never visited a prison before. The media portrays prison to be constantly dangerous for the correctional officers and that they are always on alert for a problem to occur. Some of the officers who were interviewed felt that prison was going to be violent like movies and television portray, but found it was actually not.
A woman’s dream job is not to be a correctional officer. Before women became correctional officers, they used to have secretarial and clerical jobs. Nearly all of the women working as correctional officers did so as a last resort and expressed how they were felt scared at first. It is very rare for a woman to grow up wanting to be a correctional officer. However, men grow up wanting to be a police officer and then began to favor corrections.
Men and women were attracted to the work because of the pay and benefits. Also, prisons tend to be located in isolated rural areas where well-paying jobs are scarce. Single mothers were enticed by the job’s pay, security, benefits and retirement. Men are way more likely to want to become a correctional officer by choice and not by the pay. Men seem to not care about the pay but actually have love for the job.
Many people who became correctional officers have never visited a prison before. The media portrays prison to be constantly dangerous for the correctional officers and that they are always on alert for a problem to occur. Some of the officers who were interviewed felt that prison was going to be violent like movies and television portray, but found it was actually not.
Blogs 12-14
Blog 12
Segregation occurs because of the large and persistent wage gap between men and women workers. Even though women have begun to integrate some formerly male-dominated jobs, women still make less than men. According to Britton, “women lawyers are more likely to be found in specialties like family law, public defense, and government law, all of which pay lower wages than those to be in corporate law, a male-dominated specialty.” Sex segregation is not something forced, it occurs naturally. I do believe that women choose jobs that relate more to their personal preference whereas men choose jobs that give them the “real man” title. Men tend to major in business and women tend to major in communications or education. Men and women are in different jobs, and the jobs women hold pay less on average than those that men occupy. Like I said above, the difference is internal stratification. Women tend to occupy the lowest rungs of the occupational ladder.
The theory of gendered organizations can be found in the interaction between three factors. The first is, the structures of work organizations, the cultural and ideological assumptions upon which they draw and which in turn shape them, and the agency of workers themselves. This approach consists in two key assumptions. First, organizations must be viewed from within the context of an unequal society, one in which gender domination exists and is reproduced on an ongoing basis. Gender is a process, the product of a social construction that can be carried out both at the micro level and the macro level.
Men feel that they need to be the bread winners of the family and the woman should be at home with the children. If men and women are both working high corporate jobs then who is going to take care of the children and the home? Men definitely lose by women entering male dominated occupations since they can not go home after work and expect food on the table and the house clean. Men still believe that women should be at home while they are making the money for the family.
Blog 13
People have the idea that prison guards are men in uniform carrying a nightstick or a gun and acting brutal and sadistic. Many believe they look and act this way in order to scare the inmates and intimidate them. However, prison guards look like the everyday “average Joe.” Anyone can be a prison guard, even if you aren’t a big hulking tall person. Don’t get me wrong, prison guards do need to be tough and expect the worst at any time. When I think of prison guard, I do picture a big, scary looking male. I do not picture a female being a prison guard. Women are tough and deserve to work at the same places as men. However, I do not think women should be working at men’s prisons. Men are born stronger than women and if inmates were to go on strike against the guards, the women would not have a chance.
Women who work as prison guards are labeled “manly and lesbians.” People look at prison guards as a “man’s job.” If I asked someone about a prison guard, they would imagine a large male. Men who work at women’s prisons are probably way more laid back and the environment is much calmer. Everyone says that “women are crazy” and you would think women’s prisons are way more out of control than men’s but from watching “Locked Up” and other prison television shows, men are the crazy ones. Also, male prison guards have a tougher time dealing with male inmates since they can be the same size or even bigger. I believe male prison guards are bigger and meaner at male prisons than female prisons, only because of the intimidation factor. Male inmates are not going to be intimidated by a small, skinny prison guard. This is also why I do not think women should put themselves in that kind of danger and work at a male prison.
Blog 14
“Individuals come to see themselves as appropriately gendered through work. Men and women may organize to protect gender-based interests. For example, the military is seen as a man’s duty. Culture has shaped the way we categorize men and women into different organizations. Britton states, “organizations are gendered at the level of structure.” Men and women live their lives very differently from one another. Prison guards are seen more as a man’s job since prison is structured as hostile. Men and women choose jobs that relate more to what they have grown up with and how they were structured.
Again, men feel that a woman’s job should be at home cooking and cleaning. Men are supposed to be in the public sphere whereas women are in the private. Culture has defined women as homemakers and men as the workers. The Rawlinson case shows how organizations still want to keep women away from male gendered occupations. Rawlinson was denied a job at a male prison because of her height and weight and most importantly her sex. No one should be denied a job because of their sex, even though I do not believe women should work at a male prison. If a woman chooses to work at a male prison then so be it. Men and women supposed to be treated equal and in this situation she wasn’t because she is female. The Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972, opened the doors for women to finally have the jobs they always wanted. They were unable to have the same jobs as men and society still categorizes men and women into two different spheres.
Segregation occurs because of the large and persistent wage gap between men and women workers. Even though women have begun to integrate some formerly male-dominated jobs, women still make less than men. According to Britton, “women lawyers are more likely to be found in specialties like family law, public defense, and government law, all of which pay lower wages than those to be in corporate law, a male-dominated specialty.” Sex segregation is not something forced, it occurs naturally. I do believe that women choose jobs that relate more to their personal preference whereas men choose jobs that give them the “real man” title. Men tend to major in business and women tend to major in communications or education. Men and women are in different jobs, and the jobs women hold pay less on average than those that men occupy. Like I said above, the difference is internal stratification. Women tend to occupy the lowest rungs of the occupational ladder.
The theory of gendered organizations can be found in the interaction between three factors. The first is, the structures of work organizations, the cultural and ideological assumptions upon which they draw and which in turn shape them, and the agency of workers themselves. This approach consists in two key assumptions. First, organizations must be viewed from within the context of an unequal society, one in which gender domination exists and is reproduced on an ongoing basis. Gender is a process, the product of a social construction that can be carried out both at the micro level and the macro level.
Men feel that they need to be the bread winners of the family and the woman should be at home with the children. If men and women are both working high corporate jobs then who is going to take care of the children and the home? Men definitely lose by women entering male dominated occupations since they can not go home after work and expect food on the table and the house clean. Men still believe that women should be at home while they are making the money for the family.
Blog 13
People have the idea that prison guards are men in uniform carrying a nightstick or a gun and acting brutal and sadistic. Many believe they look and act this way in order to scare the inmates and intimidate them. However, prison guards look like the everyday “average Joe.” Anyone can be a prison guard, even if you aren’t a big hulking tall person. Don’t get me wrong, prison guards do need to be tough and expect the worst at any time. When I think of prison guard, I do picture a big, scary looking male. I do not picture a female being a prison guard. Women are tough and deserve to work at the same places as men. However, I do not think women should be working at men’s prisons. Men are born stronger than women and if inmates were to go on strike against the guards, the women would not have a chance.
Women who work as prison guards are labeled “manly and lesbians.” People look at prison guards as a “man’s job.” If I asked someone about a prison guard, they would imagine a large male. Men who work at women’s prisons are probably way more laid back and the environment is much calmer. Everyone says that “women are crazy” and you would think women’s prisons are way more out of control than men’s but from watching “Locked Up” and other prison television shows, men are the crazy ones. Also, male prison guards have a tougher time dealing with male inmates since they can be the same size or even bigger. I believe male prison guards are bigger and meaner at male prisons than female prisons, only because of the intimidation factor. Male inmates are not going to be intimidated by a small, skinny prison guard. This is also why I do not think women should put themselves in that kind of danger and work at a male prison.
Blog 14
“Individuals come to see themselves as appropriately gendered through work. Men and women may organize to protect gender-based interests. For example, the military is seen as a man’s duty. Culture has shaped the way we categorize men and women into different organizations. Britton states, “organizations are gendered at the level of structure.” Men and women live their lives very differently from one another. Prison guards are seen more as a man’s job since prison is structured as hostile. Men and women choose jobs that relate more to what they have grown up with and how they were structured.
Again, men feel that a woman’s job should be at home cooking and cleaning. Men are supposed to be in the public sphere whereas women are in the private. Culture has defined women as homemakers and men as the workers. The Rawlinson case shows how organizations still want to keep women away from male gendered occupations. Rawlinson was denied a job at a male prison because of her height and weight and most importantly her sex. No one should be denied a job because of their sex, even though I do not believe women should work at a male prison. If a woman chooses to work at a male prison then so be it. Men and women supposed to be treated equal and in this situation she wasn’t because she is female. The Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972, opened the doors for women to finally have the jobs they always wanted. They were unable to have the same jobs as men and society still categorizes men and women into two different spheres.
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