EXPERIENCING EVERYDAY SEXISMS
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Survey participants were asked to think about how their own university might respond to the vignette Everyday Sexisms in a Staff Meeting.
Responses were measured on a 6-point Likert scale that you can see on the left of this page. Explore the findings by hovering your mouse over the questions below.
Likert Scale for the measure range (1) Strongly disagree; (2) Disagree; (3) Somewhat disagree;(4) Somewhat agree; (5) Agree; (6) Strongly agree."A formal complaint about this would be taken seriously where I work."
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WHAT DID WOMEN AND GENDER DIVERSE PEOPLE SAY?The average for women and gender diverse academics was
3.21
Women and gender diverse academics were statistically significantly less likely to agree that their university would take a complaint about this seriously. -
WHAT DID MEN SAY?The average for men academics was
4.39
Women and gender diverse academics were statistically significantly less likely to agree that their university would take a complaint about this seriously. -
WHAT DID WOMEN AND GENDER DIVERSE PEOPLE SAY?The average for women and gender diverse academics was
3.69
Women and gender diverse academics were statistically significantly less likely to agree that they knew where to find relevant university policy that addressed situations like this. -
WHAT DID MEN SAY?The average for men academics was
4.66
Women and gender diverse academics were statistically significantly less likely to agree that they knew where to find relevant university policy that addressed situations like this.
"I know where to find relevant university policy or further information about situations like this."
Despite viewing this vignette as less realistic, less likely to occur and less serious, men academics in this research were significantly more likely to agree that their universities would take a complaint about this seriously.
Men academics were also significantly more likely to say that they knew where to find relevant policy information about these sorts of situations.
Men academics were also significantly more likely to say that they knew where to find relevant policy information about these sorts of situations.
This pattern was repeated in responses across all nine vignettes included in the survey.
Men academics were more convinced their universities could address these examples of everyday sexisms, while simultaneously viewing them as less commonplace and less realistic than their women and gender diverse colleagues.
In contrast, while women and gender diverse academics agreed that these were problematic, realistic, frequently occurring, and something their university should address, they were significantly less likely than their men colleagues to agree that their universities would take this seriously or address this within policy.
Men academics were more convinced their universities could address these examples of everyday sexisms, while simultaneously viewing them as less commonplace and less realistic than their women and gender diverse colleagues.
In contrast, while women and gender diverse academics agreed that these were problematic, realistic, frequently occurring, and something their university should address, they were significantly less likely than their men colleagues to agree that their universities would take this seriously or address this within policy.