Hittade hemsidan:
http://www.csc-scc.gc.ca/text/prgrm/fsw/gende…
och klippte ut följande:
"Those who propose not allowing males to work in front line positions base their rationales on three main concerns. The first is the increased risk for privacy violations and sexual misconduct as well as the related issue of increased fear and flashbacks to earlier abuse by of males entrusted with authority. The perceived or actual potential for further sexual abuse/misconduct can interfere with the healing process for many women prisoners. It is also reasoned that the high percentage of sexual abuse experience among women prisoners, particularly from males in trust relationships, justifies female only front line workers. It is proposed that the equality provisions of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms do support protection of privacy and security of the person for women prisoners.
Another fundamental thesis is the challenge to the notion that women prisoners will experience a normalizing environment if males are employed in front line security positions. It is argued that the very nature of the power imbalance inherent in this relationship of prisoner and guard cannot be seen to be normalizing. A normalized positive relationship between a male and female can only be in the context of a greater balance of power. While it is true that most FSW females do not enjoy full equality with males in the community, the profound power of front line workers over the daily lives of women prisoners is at the opposite end of the continuum.
A third concern relates to the impact on female Primary Workers of necessary restrictions on the role of male Primary Workers in women's facilities. Women PWs must do all the invasive security duties, often reducing their role in counselling, release planning and program delivery. Female PWs also must assume a substantial amount of night work. Male PWs are essentially doing a different job, it is argued, one that is understandably more popular with women prisoners, as males do not perform strip searches, urinalysis, frisks and patdowns. Women staff are therefore seen as disadvantaged and their conditions of employment are negatively affected by having male PWs."
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