Cultural sexism and the UK Higher Education sector

Bibliographic Data

ID3638809
AuthorsHeather Savigny (0000-0003-1940-688X, Professor of Gender, Media and Politics, De Montfort University - Leicester Media School, Leicester, UK, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume28
Issue6
Pages661-673
Publication date2019-08-18
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Gender Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0958-9236 • E-ISSN: 1465-3869
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09589236.2019.1597689
OpenAlexW2924206848
LanguageEN
Citations received18
References cited40

Despite the advances of the feminist movement, and wider structural legislative interventions, women remain under-represented at senior levels within academia and (some) women still experience both direct and indirect forms of discrimination throughout their careers. This article seeks to understand why this might be the case, and what, if anything we can do about it.Using qualitative interview data which gives voice to women’s experiences, this article explores the cultural dimensions which serve to reinforce women’s structural disadvantage within the academy. Drawing upon these empirical data and informed by reflections on the notion of ‘hegemonic masculinity’ in a neo-liberal environment, this article contends that ‘cultural sexism’ provides a vocabulary through which to make sense of this structural disadvantaging. It is argued here that an understanding of the ‘ordinariness’ of cultural sexism means we can both ‘raise consciousness’, and, explore emancipatory opportunities where cultural resistance and change might be possible

Consciousness · Disadvantage · Hegemony · Masculinity · Political science · Politics · Psychological intervention · Sociology · Cultural Studies · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender Studies · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology

Tools

Open DOISci-HubOpen Access