Abstract

There has been a rise in scholarship targeting women’s experiences in federal law enforcement. Missing, however, are the women of color, as all previous studies capture women as a homogeneous group without regard to race/ethnicity. Using a combined survey dataset from sworn female officers (n = 1,189) employed by two federal law enforcement agencies, this article employs multiracial feminism as a framework to differentiate women’s experiences in the workplace and provides an exploratory analysis of occupational barriers utilizing an intersectional approach to race and gender. Specifically, this study employs an independent-samples t-test to explore the responses between White women and minority women, as well as each minority racial/ethnic group. The findings suggest women of color collectively, as well as individual minority racial/ethnic groups, have varying workplace experiences and perspectives in comparison to White women, especially in response to a perceived glass ceiling to promotions, an inclusive work culture, and experiencing sex discrimination.

摘要

针对妇女在联邦执法中的经验的奖学金有所增加。然而，缺少有色人种的女性，因为之前所有的研究都将女性视为一个同质群体，而不考虑种族/民族。本文使用 两个联邦执法机构聘用的宣誓女性官员 ( n = 1,189)的综合调查数据集，将多种族女权主义作为框架来区分女性在工作场所的经历，并利用交叉方法对职业障碍进行了探索性分析。种族和性别。具体而言，本研究采用独立样本t- 测试以探索白人女性和少数族裔女性以及每个少数族裔/族裔群体之间的反应。调查结果表明，与白人女性相比，有色人种女性以及个别少数种族/族裔群体的工作经历和观点各不相同，尤其是在升职的玻璃天花板、包容性工作文化和性别歧视方面.