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Peer reviewedWittmer, Carrie R. – Journal of Experiential Education, 2001
If female outdoor leaders assume a leadership style incongruent to their gender role, they may receive negative evaluations even though situations necessitate such behavior. Male and female outdoor leaders can break down gender-role expectations by identifying their own leadership styles and gender biases, creating awareness in colleagues of…
Descriptors: Expectation, Feedback, Females, Group Dynamics
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In this essay, women outdoor leaders discuss how gender influences their work, and explore and challenge some assumptions underlying outdoor leadership that continue to privilege the impartial, disembodied practices typified by the masculine outdoor leader. Four feminist, and three other feminist outdoor leaders participated in personal interviews…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Consciousness Raising, Empowerment, Experiential Learning
