Women's invisible work in disaster contexts

Gender norms in speech on women's work after a forest fire in Sweden

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3898403
AutoresErna Danielsson (0000-0002-6899-4035, Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences Mid Sweden University Sweden, autor de correspondencia), Kerstin Eriksson (0000-0002-0494-0089, PhD Researcher, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden Sweden)
Año2022
Volumen46
Número1
Páginas141-161
Fecha de publicación2022-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaDisasters (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0361-3666 • E-ISSN: 1467-7717
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/disa.12464
PMID32895981
OpenAlexW3084236734
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas14
Referencias citadas35

The aim of this study is to investigate what women do in disaster situations and how both men and women perceive and discuss the work of women. These patterns were evidenced in the stories that were told following the largest forest fire in the modern history of Sweden in July 2014. The study is based on 31 retrospective interviews with volunteers involved in combating the forest fire and concentrates on stories about the supportive work of women during this disaster. The results indicate that women were praised when they followed traditional norms but were denigrated when they performed what were viewed as male-coded tasks. The stories reveal norms concerning what a woman is and is not by focusing on women's age and clothing and by directly and indirectly questioning their abilities and authority. The norms are also rendered visible by the positive attention that women receive while describing doing what is expected of them

Clothing · Injury prevention · Medical emergency · Occupational safety and health · Poison control · Political science · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Women's work · Work (physics · Disaster Management and Resilience · Engineering · Gender Studies · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology