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Gender stereotypes in social work
KLEČKOVÁ, Petra
The given Bachelor´s Thesis describes gender issues in social work areas, despecially with regard to the gender stereotypes of female social workers and a male social worker in České Budějovice working with a target group consisting of male and female seniors. The main objective of the thesis is to find out about their awareness of gender and gender stereotypes occurring in social work areas and to characterise the influence of gender stereotypes during the execution of their duties. The theoretical part includes an introduction explaining the gender issues and general terms related to the given topic including the development of the gender issue within a social and historical context and its interconnection with the present form of social work in the Czech Republic. A definition of the given context represents the basis for the second part of the thesis dealing with research. Its contents describe the elaboration, analysis and assessment of the executed semi-structured interviews and observations. The author focused on four thematic areas related to the issue of gender stereotypes in terms of accomplished qualitative research, which were later compared to the given observation. The results show a remarkable difference in the perception of gender stereotypes by a male social worker and female social workers while dealing with male and female clients and the author of this thesis. Research also demonstrates that the gender issue and gender stereotypes assessment in social work with seniors is rather difficult due to different education, as well as different cultural and social periods. The results in the given thesis might be useful for both professionals and the public in order to realize and understand gender and gender stereotypes in social work areas and not only while working with male and female seniors. The acquired data may be used for further research and removal of gender stereotypes in social work areas.
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