Changing expectations and beliefsThree decades of women seafarers in Spain
- Itsaso Ibáñez Fernández
- Esperanza Díaz Tajada
- Luis María Fernández Martínez
- Olga Delgado Ortega (coord.)
- Francisco Javier Martínez de Osés (coord.)
- Marcella Castells Sanabra (coord.)
Publisher: Iniciativa Digital Politècnica ; Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña / Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
ISBN: 9788476539996
Year of publication: 2013
Pages: 73-95
Congress: International Conference Proudly Empowering Women in Maritime (1. 2013. Barcelona)
Type: Conference paper
Abstract
In Spain, the acceptance of women in the Merchant Navy took place late in the day, as it was only made possible during the transition to democracy, with the approval of the Spanish Constitution (1978). In 2009, we began to study their integration in the Merchant Navy, through the analysis of academic and professional aspects of those who qualified at the Nautical College of Bilbao. One of the conclusions we reached then was that female students' expectations regarding the development of their professional careers had changed over time. We designed a questionnaire to substantiate these observations, and, in 2010, we interviewed thirty-two women graduates. A second questionnaire was passed to undergraduate students (2010, 2012). The results of these surveys show that changes have not only taken place in relation to expectations but also in relation to opinions, suggesting, moreover, that facts and beliefs do not always progress hand in hand.