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”Jag vill inte att arbetet ska handla om min könsidentitet”: En kvalitativ studie om transsexuellas upplevelser av bemötande i arbetslivet
Dalarna University, School of Culture and Society.
2021 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [sv]

En transsexuell person upplever sig vara född i fel kön och vill oftast genomgå en könsbekräftande behandling så att kroppen överensstämmer med det kön som personen identifierar sig med. Att gå emot den heteronorm som råder i samhället är förknippat med stigmatisering, kränkande särbehandling och diskriminering. Kunskapen om transsexualitet på den svenska arbetsmarknaden är mycket bristfällig och leder till att många transsexuella riskerar att uppleva intolerans och utanförskap.Syftet med den här studien är att få en ökad kunskap om transsexuellas upplevelser av bemötande på arbetsplatser. Studien har en kvalitativ forskningsansats och bygger på fem semistrukturerade intervjuer. Resultatet analyserades med hjälp av tidigare forskning.Resultatet visar att respondenterna upplever en större acceptans på arbetsplatserna desto längre de har kommit i sin könsbekräftande behandling. Samtliga respondenter har upplevt svårigheter på arbetsplatsen på något sätt och anser att arbetsgivarna har för lite kunskap kring transsexualitet. Respondenterna menar att det bidrar till att fokus hamnar på deras könsidentitet och inte på dem som kompetenta medarbetare.

Abstract [en]

A transsexual person feels that he or she was born in the wrong gender and usually wants to undergo gender-confirming treatment so that the body corresponds to the gender with which the person identifies. Going against the heteronomy that prevails in society is associated with stigma and abusive discrimination. Knowledge about transsexuality in the Swedish labor market is very deficient and leads to many transsexuals at risk of experiencing intolerance and exclusion.The purpose of this study is to gain an increased knowledge of transsexuals' experiences of treatment in the workplace. The study has a qualitative research approach and is based on five semi-structured interviews. The results were analyzed using previous research.The result show that the respondents experience a greater acceptance in the workplace the further they have come in their gender-confirming treatment. All respondents have experienced difficulties in the workplace in some way and believe that employers have too little knowledge about transsexuality. The respondents believe that it contributes to the focus being on their gender identity and not on them as competent employees.One conclusion that can be drawn from the result is that employers need more education and knowledge in transsexuality and norm criticism.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2021.
Keywords [en]
Transsexuality, gender identity, treatment, working life, criticism of norms, queer, employees, stigma, gender
Keywords [sv]
Transsexualitet, könsidentitet, bemötande, arbetsliv, normkritik, queer, medarbetare, stigmatisering, kön
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Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:du-38742OAI: oai:DiVA.org:du-38742DiVA, id: diva2:1609641
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Human Resource Management
Available from: 2021-11-09 Created: 2021-11-09

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