The refugeecrisis was a turning point in Swedish exceptionalism a discursive shift has somehowoccurred within the Swedish policy debate and mainstream media whereby the '(im)migrant' isconstructed as a potential security threat. To achieve the goal of the 'security' concerns of thisthesis, a theoretical framework of the social constructivist perspective is to assess howsecuritization is discursively constructed within discursive power relations among differentsocietal actors an d to understand identifying conditions that potentially have enabled this shift.Herein, this research synthesizes media content and political opinion to analyze the shaping andchang ing of the discourse on securitizing migration between 2014 and 2017 by blending qualitativecontent analysis with critical discourse analysis. One of the conclusions reached is the analysishighlights discourses once propagated and shifted gradually in the political sphere and in a sensea certain group of immigrants is constructed as an existential threat within it.

Syftet med studien är att undersöka huruvida den kontorsarbetande kvinnan blir påverkad av menscykelns hormonella skiftningar i arbetslivet, i termer av arbetsprestation och arbetsmiljö. Därtill undersöks huruvida kvinnan ställer sig till arbetsrelaterade anpassningar med hänsyn till påverkan av de hormonella skiftningarna. Datan är insamlad genom kvantitativ metod i form av enkäter på både svenska och engelska. Enkäterna distribuerades på de sociala plattformarna LinkedIn och Facebook tillsammans med en infografisk bild som innehöll fakta om könshormoners påverkan av kroppen. Resultatet indikerar att de kontorsarbetande kvinnorna är måttligt eller starkt påverkade av menscykelns hormonella skiftningar i arbetet. Dessutom framkommer det att en majoritet av respondenterna är positiva till att implementera arbetsrelaterade anpassningar avseende dessa hormonella förändringar. Baserat på datainsamlingen och de valda teoretiska ramverken kan det konstateras att arbetslivet inte alltid är anpassat utefter kvinnors biologiska förutsättningar, och att kvinnors arbetsmiljö och arbetsprestation skulle förbättras såvida arbetsrelaterade anpassningar genomfördes. Vidare är det möjligt att konstatera att ett arbetsklimat anpassat för båda könen skulle ge en ömsesidig vinning för både kvinnorna och företagen. / The purpose of the study is to examine whether the female office worker is affected by the menstrual cycle’s hormonal fluctuations in the workplace, in terms of work performance and work environment. Additionally, it investigates whether women are receptive to workplace adjustments considering the impact of hormonal fluctuations. The data was collected through a quantitative method using surveys in both Swedish and English. The surveys were distributed on the social platforms LinkedIn and Facebook along with an infographic containing facts about the influence of sex hormones on the body. The results indicate that female office workers are moderately or strongly affected by hormonal fluctuations during the menstrual cycle at work. Furthermore, the results show that the majority of respondents are positive towards workplace adjustments regarding hormonal fluctuations during the menstrual cycle. Based on the data collection and the selected theoretical frameworks, it can be concluded that the workplace is not always tailored to women's biological conditions, and that women's work environment and performance would improve if work-related adaptations were implemented. Furthermore, it can be concluded that a work environment adapted for both genders would provide mutual benefits for both the women and the companies.