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There can be little doubt that there are both institutional and interpersonal barriers to female participation in the labour force of the offshore exploration industry. In the family, the school system and the labour market, men and women are led to expect that they will live their lives in predictable ways. The limited presence of women in industrial occupations is therefore but a partial reflection of the patterned expectations and aspirations which individuals come to adopt as their own.
This paper formed the basis of a presentation by Irene Baird (Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy and Planning, Newfoundland and Labrador Petroleum Directorate) at the International Conference on Women and Offshore Oil, St John’s, Newfoundland, September 1985.
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© 1988 Jane Lewis, Marilyn Porter and Mark Shrimpton
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Anger, D., Cake, G., Fuchs, R. (1988). Women on the Rigs in the Newfoundland Offshore Oil Industry. In: Lewis, J., Porter, M., Shrimpton, M. (eds) Women, Work and Family in the British, Canadian and Norwegian Offshore Oilfields. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-09048-8_4
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