‘Boys club’: stereotype of white male paramedic hampers gender equality, Victorian report finds
by Benita Kolovos from World news | The Guardian on (#5XPCS)
Inquiry told rigid paramedic stereotype' is stopping women from rising through ranks of Ambulance Victoria
The stereotype that paramedics must be white, male, of able-body and mind, confident, stoic and the family breadwinner" is preventing women from rising through the ranks of Ambulance Victoria, according to a new report.
The second volume of the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission's inquiry into the emergency service's culture, released on Thursday, found the stereotype was particularly relevant in the elite, male-dominated" mobile intensive care (MICA) and air ambulance units.
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