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- Burnout e stress ocupacional em advogados e magistrados: a necessidade de investigação empíricaPublication . Afonso, Lígia; Queirós, Cristina
- A feminização das profissões jurídicas em Portugal: um contributo empíricoPublication . Afonso, Lígia; Queirós, Cristina
- Inconvenient dialogs: the multiple outlines of gender and power asymmetries in portuguese legal professionsPublication . Afonso, LígiaWhile most of the research on gender imbalance(s) in the legal professions focuses on patterns of inequality pertaining salaries, areas of practice and career progression, the subjective experiences of sexism encountered by women in their professional interactions with colleagues and clients has seldom been a topic of research. This paper draws on original research conducted with Portuguese judges, prosecutors and lawyers examining their daily work-life experiences. Using interview transcripts from the project we explore how sexism manifests in their work practices, in particular the multiple forms it assumes and the more overt or subtle forms in which is expressed, depending on the context and the interlocutors. The respondent’s reluctance to be associated with stigmatised labels, ant the fact that promoting justice (and therefore preventing discrimination) is at the core of legal professions render such enquiries inconvenient. Our findings convey an opportunity to further explore how gender intersects other forms of power asymmetries, and the ways in which individuals are multiply positioned through differences in professional roles and power status.
- The (not so) powerful image: erosion of the elite status of the legal professionalsPublication . Afonso, LígiaBased on data gathered in the course of 28 interviews, part of a larger original research project examining the professional experiences of Portuguese judges, prosecutors and lawyers, we explored the respondents’ views and representations about legal professions. The entry women and the increasing competition feature among the new patterns in lawyer demography, while the poor working conditions that judges and prosecutors face in many countries have been contributing to the diminishing appeal of a career in the judiciary. The theme ‘image’ that emerged from the thematic analysis made to the set of interviews proved to be a compelling tool to analyse the challenges posed by the shattering of the legitimacy and diminishing prestige of the professionals. Conveying references pertaining the ways of dressing, behaving and speaking in court, the images drawn from the interviews are illustrative of more profound tensions and of these new patterns in these professions. Results show that magistrates strive for a performance that leaves no personal imprint in an attempt to embody impartiality, whereas women are faced with specific appearance standards. Reflecting the impact of macro factors such as social change, exposure to the market dynamics and to the pressures of the mass media, the images portrayed offer a view on the perceived loss of power and signal the erosion of the traditional elite status dispensed to these professions.