Throughout this paper, we employ the language of gender, rather than sex, to describe participants’ identities. Accordingly, women and men police officers may have very different experiences of work-related stress, despite having the same occupation. Furthermore, women in the police service report organizational stressors specific to gender (e.g., experiences of criticism, gender bias, discrimination, and sexual harassment).
Women in Canadian municipal or provincial police organizations appear to be 1.66 times more likely than their men colleagues to screen positive for a mental disorder and report elevated symptoms of various mental disorders relative to men. Police officers appear to be at higher risk of several different mental disorders than the general population, arguably because of the nature of their work. The current results, coupled with the emerging disposition for progress expressed by police services, offer opportunities to develop tailored and focused interventions and policies to support police officers. Pervasive gender norms appear detrimental for both men and women police officers, as well as the communities they serve. There were six organizing themes identified in relation to the global theme of Gendered Experiences: (1) Discrimination (2) Sexual Harassment (3) Motherhood and Parental Leave (4) Identity (5) Stereotypically Feminine Attributes and (6) Hegemonic Masculinity. Thematic network analysis identified themes related to the experience of policing for both men and women police officers. Police officers ( n = 17 9 women) in Saskatchewan participated in semi-structured interviews. The current study examined the contrast between the experiences of men and women police officers. Indeed, police culture is characterized by hegemonic masculinity, which appears to negatively impact both men and women. Researchers have indicated that the occupational experience of policing differs greatly among men and women. Women police officers report elevated symptoms of mental disorders when compared to men police officers.
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