FANTASTIC FIVE

 

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Group members:

Andreja Česnik

Monika Štaus

Sanja Štubler

Kaja Jurinec

Amelija Umek

 

 

Distribution of roles:

Leader: Sanja Štubler

Secretary: Monika Štaus

Reporter: Andreja Česnik

Time-keeper: Amelija Umek

 

 

 

Stereotyping of women in Slovenian military

 

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Definition:

 

In contemporary world women are equal to men, but in some professions they are still less represented than men. An example of such occupation where women are less represented is the military. The expression military can be understood as a country's organized defense forces. Slovenia faces the problem of a small number of women in the millitary. There are many reasons for this, one of them being the stereotypical division of jobs where working in the military is understood primarily as a male occupation.

 

Hypotesis:

 

• Women in the Slovenian military are worse represented than men, because in our society this profession is understood as a male occupation.
• Women do not decide for the profession of a soldier in the Slovenian military because  they  prefer to assume typical occupations, such as: nurses, teachers, secretaries, seamstresses, stewardesses,etc.

 

 

10 working questions:

 

1.) What kind of changes should we make to increase number of women in army? (Amelija)

2.) Why are women underestimated, based on  their  physical weaknesses? (Kaja)

3.) What kind of professions do they perform in the army? Are on the highest positions only men? (Kaja)

4.) Do women have to work twice as hard to achieve the same position of work as men? (Monika)

5.) Are women in the army treated the same as men, or are they considered as effeminate person? (Sanja)

6.) Are women treated differently than men in Slovenian military? Are they causing more problems than good?(Andreja)

7.) Because of what women do not decide for work in the militay? (Andreja)

8.) How appreciated is women work in the army? (Sanja)

9.) How can we prevent the problem that management do not like to employ female manpower? They prefer male manpower. (Monika)

10.) Is there any difference between women working as a soldier in the past and in the present? (Amelija)

 

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Glossary:

 

battle demage assessment - ocena bojnih izgub in škode

adversarial principle - načelo kontradiktornosti

"sense of belonging." - občutek pripradnosti

elimination of prejudice - odpravljanje predsodkov

to underestimate - podcenjevati 

sexual stereotypes - spolni predsodki 

higher positions - "višja delovna mesta"

a basic prerequisite- temeljni predpogoj

scattering  of forces- drobljenje sil

delineated- zaokrožen

 

 

Literature:

• Jelušič, Ljubica; Pešec, Mojca (2002): Seksizem v vojaški uniformi. Fakulteta za družbene vede, Ministrstvo za obrambo Republike Slovenije, Generalštab Slovenske vojske, Ljubljana. 
• James Simon, Rita. (2001): Women in the military. New Brunswick, N.J.: Transaction Publishers
• Creedon, Pamela J.ur. (1993): Women in Mass Communication, SAGE Publications USA
• Kotnik Dvojmoč. Igor. 2002. Preoblikovanje oboroženih sil sodobnih Evropskih držav. Ljubljana: Fakulteta za družbene vede. 
• Jogan, Maca. 1995. Seksizem in oborožene sile, ur. Zorica Bukinac, 17-26. Ljubljana: Ministrstvo za obrambo
• Nastran Ule. Mirjana.1994. Temelji socialne psihologije. Ljubljana: Znanstveno in publicistično središče.

 

 

 

 

 

Minutes of the Meeting "Problem based learning project"

held on 2nd March 2011 at Andreja"s apartment

 

Present: Andreja Česnik, Monika Štaus, Sanja Štubler, Amelija Umek, Kaja Jurinec 

 

Items of the agenda:

1.    Distribution of other tasks

2.    Defining the problem

3.    Considering about 10 working questions

4.    Discuss the useful literature

5.    Any other business

 

Item 1:

Discussion: First we were deciding about the tasks for each of us.  Andreja proposed that Sanja will be the leader of our group. Then we talked about other tasks in the group and Monika was volunteered that she will be secretary. Amelija and Kaja were discussing about who is going to be reporter and who is going to be time-keeper. Sanja as leader proposed that Andreja will be reporter, and Amelija will be time-keeper. The role of the reserve  belonged to Kaja.  

Decision: We all agreed with our roles. Sanja will be the leader, Andreja will be the reporter and Monika will be the secretary. Amelija and Kaja will be the time-keeper and the reserve.

 

Item 2:

Discussion: At first we discussed on the main context of our theme which is Stereotyping women. Than we begin to talk about outset and the introduction in our theme. Later we talked about the theme because Andreja proposed politics, Kaja wanted to do research about women in engineering, but Sanja and Monika proposed stereotyping women in military. Amelija agreed with Sanja and Monika.

Decision: We all agreed that Sanja's and Monika's proposition was the best, and at the end we decided that our theme will be Stereotyping women in the Slovenian military. We select this theme because in our faculty there is a professor who is also Minister of Defence, and we will try to get an interview with her. Kaja and Amelija have also a acquaintance who are studying Defence studies. Because this topic is Ljubica Jelušič province we hope that she may give us some useful information about the army. 

 

Item 3:

Discussion: We talked about 10 different questions which refer to our theme. Each of us suggested questions and than we choose 10 which we thought that were the best. Andreja generally proposed questions regarding to how women are treated and Kaja and Amelija suggested that it is good to know something more specific about the army, solders...

 

Decision: We decided for 10 questions which included all of our ideas about the theme.

 

Item 4:

Discussion: We talked about different possibilities of using literature. Sanja suggest books in e-library and Monika suggested to look for internet sources.

Decision: We decided to use two books, which we thought they are sutiable for our topic. And we also found an interesting article connected with women in military.

 

Item 5:

Discussion: Monika suggested that our next meeting could be on 8th or 9th of March, but Amelija rejected this proposal because she is having dance practice and she could not attend the meeting.

Decision: We decided that our next meeting will be held on Wendsday 9th of March at the FDV library or in Amelija's apartment, because it is near and we can all be present.

 

 

Minutes taker: Andreja Česnik

Chairperson: Sanja Štubler

Secretary: Monika Štaus

 

Minutes of the 3rd meeting "Project based learning"

(held on 9th March 2011 at Amelija's apartment)

 

Present: Kaja Jurinec, Amelija Umek, Sanja Štubler, Monika Štaus, Andreja Česnik

 

Items of the agenda:

1.   Tasks distributed

2.   Minutes of 3rd meeting 

 

Item 1:

Discussion: At our third meeting we checked what we have done so far and discussed it all over again. We looked at our mistakes and try to improve them. We talked about new ideas that we should write more about it in the future. Amelija suggested that we should first look through all ten questions and we all agreed with her. To make our work easier, Kaja proposed, that we should expand ten working questions to the sub-questions. We went through each question together, to see approximately how long the answers are. By knowing how long they are, we divided questions to each girl in the group equally. Then we splitted them as it is seen above.

Decision:  We have devided topics among us equally.

 

Minutes taker: Amelija Umek

Chairperson: Kaja Jurinec

Secretary: Sanja Štubler

 

*1 finger star. dostopno prek: http://www.flickr.com/photos/33847832@N04/3276398871/ (9.3.2011)

*2 women. dostopno prek: http://www.shalomnewyork.com/kosher/rabbi-shlomo-aviner-calls-to-abolish-army-service-for-women/ (11.3.2010) 

*3 women army. dostopno prek:  http://www.flickr.com/photos/gatsbye53/1394760156/ (11.3.2010)