EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEN AND WOMEN IN THE POLICE FORCE OF SLOVAK REPUBLIC AND THE QUESTIONS OF DISCRIMINATION

• Authors: NOSKOVIČOVÁ, LUCIA

Abstracts

EN

The article deals with issues of gender equality in the Police Force of the Slovak Republic, which, as well as in other components of working or professional life, are implemented, and are represented by both sexes. Gender is an essential principle and an important factor in the character of a modern and democratic society. Slovak legislation provides for gender equality as a fundamental right and a fundamental value of our society. Despite the adoption of legal measures, however, such disparities occur. pay, offering equal opportunities, and under the leadership positions. In our society we often meet with certain gender stereotypes concerning gender concepts (genus), and gender. This is a distorted reality to irrational ideas concerning „masculinity” and „femininity” which often leads to the fact that employers and service providers are not assessed according to individual abilities and skills, but are stereotypical opinions. This gender-based pressure is developed especially for women who have been waiting automatically as the absence of certain properties, of which quite simply slides down the segregation that might result in discrimination in all its forms.

Keywords

EN

gender equels; genders segregation; social role; Police Force of Slovak Republic; types of discrimination

• Publisher: Wyższa Szkoła Bezpieczeństwa Publicznego i Indywidualnego “Apeiron” w Krakowie
• Journal: Kultura Bezpieczeństwa. Nauka – Praktyka – Refleksje
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 28(28)
• Pages: 200-213

Dates

published

2018-08-09

Contributors

author

NOSKOVIČOVÁ, LUCIA

Identifiers

DOI

10.24356/kb/28/10