Sexism in academia

Margaret A. Hamburg (right) listens as a student explains her research at the 2013 the annual Salute to Science Student Poster Symposium, held at the agency's White Oak headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, United States.
Students at The University of Houston College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, United States.

Sexism in academia refers to the discrimination and subordination of a particular sex or gender academic institutions, particularly universities, due to the ideologies, practices, and reinforcements that privilege one sex or gender over another. Sexism in academia is not limited to but primarily affects women who are denied the professional achievements awarded to men in their respective fields such as positions, tenure and awards.[1] Sexism in academia encompasses institutionalized and cultural sexist ideologies; it is not limited to the admission process and the under-representation of women in the sciences but also includes the lack of women represented in college course materials[2] and the denial of tenure, positions and awards that are generally accorded to men.[3]

  1. ^ Armato, M (2013). "Wolves in sheep's clothing: Men's enlightened sexism & hegemonic masculinity in Academia". Women's Studies. 42 (5): 578–598. doi:10.1080/00497878.2013.794055. S2CID 144445995.
  2. ^ Harris, Jenine K.; Croston, Merriah A.; Hutti, Ellen T.; Eyler, Amy A. (2020-10-28). "Diversify the syllabi: Underrepresentation of female authors in college course readings". PLOS ONE. 15 (10): e0239012. Bibcode:2020PLoSO..1539012H. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0239012. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 7592743. PMID 33112856.
  3. ^ Savigny, Heather (2014). "Women, know your limits: cultural sexism in academia". Gender and Education. 26 (7): 794–809. doi:10.1080/09540253.2014.970977. S2CID 145550000 – via EBSCO.