WHY DO EVERYDAY SEXISMS MATTER?
Understanding and addressing everyday sexisms in Australian universities matters. The research used to design this microcredential shows that everyday sexisms impact upon women and gender diverse academics’ daily working lives. They shape how people relate to and experience themselves in relation to their workplaces. Importantly, everyday sexisms contribute towards a ‘sexist atmosphere’ that shapes universities, and contributes towards a culture where sexual harassment and assault can happen.
Let’s take a closer look at some of the impacts of everyday sexisms that were revealed through analysing data from the large-scale mixed methods survey.
FEELING SAFE
Women academics were the least likely, compared to men and gender diverse academics, to agree that that they felt safe within their school/centre/institute and within their university more broadly. Gender diverse academics were the least likely to report feeling safe within their academic discipline
Where women and gender diverse participants felt a greater sense of safety at their university, they reported fewer experiences of everyday sexisms and felt more confident complaints about these would be taken seriously.