He for she, she or he: Gay and lesbian perception of discrimination on job hiring and how they cope with it
Date of Publication
2015
Document Type
Bachelor's Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts Major in Psychology
Subject Categories
Psychology
College
College of Liberal Arts
Department/Unit
Psychology
Abstract/Summary
Lesbians and gays continue to experience discrimination in different social contexts in the Philippines. Even with the emergence of different laws that protects each person against discrimination, there is a lack of a concrete policy that safeguards the rights of members of the LGBT community. This research aims to look at the perception of experiences of discrimination of lesbians and gays in their job application and the coping strategy they employed using the interpretative phenomenological analysis. The researchers conducted a semi-structured interview in order to capture the experiences of informants. After data analysis, four themes emerged from lesbian and gays' discrimination experience--judgment based on expression of sexual orientation, with the subthemes of appearance and length of interview, feeling unwanted, leading to emotional pain, and decrease in self-confidence. For the coping strategy to their experience, five themes were apparent to the researchers and they are: working as a distraction to problems, exploring other opportunities, sharing experiences to other people, letting insults pass away, and working on loving oneself. The findings in this study indicate that equal rights are needed in the job hiring process. Deeper understanding on how discrimination affects the occupational situation and psychological well being of gay men and lesbian individuals is presented for researchers and industrial organizations to consider.
Abstract Format
html
Language
English
Format
Accession Number
TU20124
Shelf Location
Archives, The Learning Commons, 12F, Henry Sy Sr. Hall
Physical Description
99 [6] leaves ; 28 cm.
Keywords
Discrimination in employment--Philippines; Gays-- Abuse of; Sex discrimination
Recommended Citation
Angulo, C. R., Lachica, J. T., Ora, A. C., & Reyes, J. F. (2015). He for she, she or he: Gay and lesbian perception of discrimination on job hiring and how they cope with it. Retrieved from https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/11112
