Can Respectful Employees Create Equitable Institutions? Promoting a Culture of Respect in the Higher Education Workplace

2021 ◽  
pp. 155708512110625
Author(s):  
Francine Banner ◽  
Lisa Martin ◽  
Pamela Aronson ◽  
Grace Bradley ◽  
Islam Jaffal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Sexual Harassment ◽  
Random Sample ◽  
Online Training ◽  
Training Module ◽  
Workplace Experiences ◽  
Midwestern University ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
And Gender

This paper describes challenges to changing the culture around yellow zone sexual harassment in the higher education workplace. The yellow zone comprises harassment that is often undetected or misunderstood but nonetheless is harmful. Based on a random sample, we surveyed 4554 staff and faculty at a large Midwestern university after they completed a mandatory online training module, assessing perceptions of sexual harassment, reactions to the training, and workplace personal experiences. Findings are that a majority of respondents know where to report incidents and that the training improved knowledge about sexual and gender-based harassment. However, almost half reported problematic workplace experiences.

scholarly journals Sexual Harassment at African Higher Education Institutions

2018 ◽  
Vol 94 ◽  
pp. 4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine Dranzoa
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Sexual Harassment ◽  
Gender Equity ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Good Health ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Gender Policy ◽  
Gender Based

In most African states, joining higher education institutions (HEIs) is, for students, an investment in their own economic progress. Yet, HEIs are sites where sexual harassment and gender-based violence (GBV) occur, increasing the vulnerability of newly enrolled female students and of women in general. A strong gender policy environment, a clear stand by senior management at HEIs, and the empowerment ofmen with respect to gender equity issues are remedies to help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), especially goal 3 (Good Health and Well-being), goal 4 (Quality Education), goal 5 (Gender Equality), and goal 10 (Reduced Inequality).

scholarly journals Organisational Characteristics That Facilitate Gender-Based Violence and Harassment in Higher Education?

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 138
Author(s):  
Pat O’Connor ◽  
Margaret Hodgins ◽  
Dorian R. Woods ◽  
Elisa Wallwaey ◽  
Rachel Palmen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Male Dominance ◽  
Related Phenomenon ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Organizational Responses ◽  
Academic Environments ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Organisational Level

Gender-based violence and sexual harassment (GBVH) by and towards academics and students has been under-theorised at an organisational level in higher education institutions (HEIs). The methodology involves a critical review of the literature on GBVH and organizational responses to it, locating it in the context of an analysis of organizational power. The theoretical perspective involves a focus on power and workplace bullying. It identifies three power-related characteristics of academic environments which it is suggested facilitate GBVH: their male-dominant hierarchical character; their neoliberal managerialist ethos and gender/intersectional incompetent leadership which perpetuates male entitlement and toxic masculinities. These characteristics also inhibit tackling GBVH by depicting it as an individual problem, encouraging informal coping and militating against the prosecution of perpetrators. Initiating a discussion and action at organizational and state levels about GBVH as a power-related phenomenon, challenging the dominant neo-liberal ethos and the hierarchical character of HEIs, as well as reducing their male dominance and increasing the gender competence of those in positions of power are seen as initial steps in tackling the problem.

Sexual Harassment in the Academy: Harnessing the Growing Labor Movement in Higher Education to Address Sexual Harassment Against Graduate Workers

2021 ◽  
pp. 107780122110357
Author(s):  
Erin O’Callaghan ◽  
Veronica Shepp ◽  
Anne Kirkner ◽  
Katherine Lorenz
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
United States ◽  
Sexual Harassment ◽  
Labor Movement ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
The United States ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Wage Work ◽  
Power Differentials ◽  
Gender Based

Higher education is not immune to the epidemic of sexual harassment in the United States, particularly sexual harassment of graduate workers. This is due largely to power differentials of status and income, as academia relies on low-wage work. While the literature shows sexual harassment is prevalent across disciplines, current work to address the problem does not account for graduate worker precarity. The graduate labor movement, which addresses precarity, is beginning to tackle sexual harassment. We review how the labor and anti-gender-based violence movements in higher education should come together to prevent sexual harassment, presenting recommendations for structural changes to academia.

ANALYSIS OF THE UNIVERSITY SEXUAL AND GENDER BASED HARASSMENT PROTOCOLS IN SPAIN: SITUATION DIAGNOSIS IN HIGHER EDUCATION

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco Javier Alarcón-González ◽  
Raquel Barreda-Tarrazona ◽  
Francisco Barros-Rodríguez ◽  
María Belén Blázquez-Vilaplana ◽  
Raquel Vela-Díaz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The University

scholarly journals Students’ Sense and Sensibilities. An Exploratory Study of Gender Perceptions At Romania’s Largest University

2020 ◽  
pp. 5-24
Author(s):  
Alexandra Columban ◽  
Mihail Buse ◽  
Cornelia Macarie
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Harassment ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Gender Stereotypes ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Gender Issues ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Gender Perceptions ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
And Gender

Academia is one of the main hubs for promoting gender equality and non-discrimination, yet very few programs in Romania actively tackle the topic. An assessment of students’ perceptions is thus necessary in order to identify the level of awareness around gender issues and potential barriers hindering an inclusive academic environment. The present exploratory study aims to fill this gap by providing information on four dimensions of gender equality: attitudes towards gender equality, prevalence of gender stereotypes, gender-based violence and sexual harassment, and gender-based discrimination. The questionnaire was applied online and offline between October 2018 and March 2019 to 275 students enrolled in Bachelor, Master and Doctoral studies at BabeșBolyai University, Cluj-Napoca. The study found that students had a rather high awareness about gender issues in general and held favorable views towards gender equality and its enforcement. However, female students were more prone to stereotype, claiming more traits for themselves, and were more likely than their male counterparts to experience sexual harassment and discrimination regarding professional promotion. A series of implications for practitioners and recommendations are also discussed.

Sexual Harassment of College and University Students: A Systematic Review

2019 ◽  
pp. 152483801988173
Author(s):  
L. B. Klein ◽  
Sandra L. Martin
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Harassment ◽  
University Students ◽  
Sexual Coercion ◽  
Acquaintance Rape ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
College And University ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Study Designs

Increased attention to Title IX and the #MeToo movement has led to more interest in developing strategies to prevent forms of gender-based violence beyond acquaintance rape, including sexual harassment (SH). This study reviewed the extant literature published since 2000 on SH of college/university students ( n = 24) to determine (a) study methods, (b) sample sociodemographic characteristics, (c) prevalence, (d) risk and protective factors, and (e) consequences of campus SH. These studies shared the view that overall SH rates are high, but their findings were difficult to cross-evaluate due to variations in their study designs. Generally, unwanted sexual attention and gender harassment were more commonly experienced in campus SH occurrences than sexual coercion. Findings indicated that being White, a woman, or a sexual minority increased a student’s likelihood of experiencing SH while at a college/university. Student SH survivors rarely filed official reports but often faced a variety of mental and physical health consequences. Women of color experienced lower rates of SH but more severe consequences in the aftermath. This review concludes by detailing several implications for future research, as well as possible campus SH prevention, intervention, and policy protocols.

scholarly journals Gender Violence in the University: The Role of Higher Education Institutions in its Prevention

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Mejía Paredes ◽  
S. Veloz Miño ◽  
R. Saeteros Hernández
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Sexual Harassment ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Gender Violence ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Palabras Clave ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
The University

Talking about gender-based violence and sexual harassment at the Ecuadorian university has been considered by many as an uncomfortable subject, and for some years it has been silenced. It is only recently that this situation has become an essential topic to investigate, so that currently several universities have struggled to explore through studies the problems of gender violence, discrimination and sexual harassment in the university context. In this sense, the present study has tried to develop a review of all the investigations that have been carried out to identify cases or situations of gender violence in universities at international, national and local level, as well as to determine the role of education institutions superior in the prevention and eradication of this problem. Keywords: gender violence, sexual harassment, university. Resumen Hablar de violencia de género y acoso sexual en la universidad ecuatoriana ha sido considerado por muchos como un tema incómodo por lo que durante algunos años ha permanecido silenciado. No es sino hace poco que esta situación se ha vuelto una temática imprescindible de investigar, por lo que actualmente varias universidades se han esforzado en explorar a través de estudios los problemas de violencia de género, discriminación y acoso sexual en el contexto universitario. En este sentido, el presente estudio ha pretendido desarrollar una revisión de todas las investigaciones que se han realizado para identificar los casos o situaciones de violencia de género en universidades a nivel internacional, nacional y local, así como determinar el rol de las instituciones de educación superior en la prevención y erradicación de esta problemática. Palabras clave: violencia de género, acoso sexual, universidad.

scholarly journals Nuevas Masculinidades Alternativas, la lucha con y por el Feminismo en el Contexto Universitario

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mar Joanpere Foraster ◽  
Teresa Morlà
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Harassment ◽  
Gender Violence ◽  
Feminist Movement ◽  
Sexual Relations ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
And Gender

The participation of men in the feminist movement and the solidarity struggle with victims has been repeatedly questioned by both sexes, as well as their contributions and their solidarity with women. Despite this questioning, throughout history there was men who have positioned themselves against sexism and gender violence, in favor of affective or emotional/sexual or sexual relations, totally free of violence. This article is developed through an auto narrative of a case of overcoming sexual harassment thanks to the interaction and masculine intervention in support and solidarity to the victims of gender-based violence. The narrative is evidenced with the scientific contributions of the main feminist researchers on the new masculinities’ topic. The specific case that succeed in the context of university constitutes a reference of action for men who are positioned with women in the fight against gender violence.

scholarly journals Workplace Sexual Harassment and its Underreporting in Pakistan

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 148
Author(s):  
Abdul Hadi
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Harassment ◽  
Gender Segregation ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Work Place ◽  
Power Relationships ◽  
Power Relationship ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Entire Society ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
And Gender

Sexual harassment in workplace is a reflection of unequal power relationship among genders and should not be seen as isolated cases emanating from psychological or criminal roots. The practice of sexual harassment in the workplace occurs in occupations and industries which turns working environment for women into stressful, damaging, and hostile and make it difficult for them to achieve their rightful place in employment. Sexual harassment in the workplace is the most frequent form of gender-based violence occurring in Pakistani society characterized by patriarchy and gender segregation. When women attempt to join workforce and take economic responsibilities of family in opposite to predominating social norms, they have to suffer from sexual harassment. This speaks not just to the structure of the work place, but the entrenched culture of female objectification, which quite often paints women as mere recipients for male desire – views that are reproduced and perpetuated in a work place. This study is an endeavor to spot the causes of sexual harassment in the workplace in Pakistan; and what are the underlying factors which lead to under-reporting of the incidences of sexual harassment in the workplace. This study asserts that the patriarchal values prevailing in Pakistani society breed sexual harassment in the workplace also preclude victims to report the incidence by not giving them appropriate moral, cultural and legal support. This study argues that in an environment like Pakistan where rule of law is not prevalent in entire society so just having policies and awareness regarding these policies could not be a valid and significant element for lowering the sexual harassment experience in the workplace. Sexual Harassment in the workplace reflects the unequal power relationships between genders in patriarchy society of Pakistan and cannot be combated until patriarchal mindsets are changed which can be achieved only by transforming the existing patriarchal society itself that is producing such mindsets.

scholarly journals Older Children’s Responses to Wordless Picturebooks: Making Connections

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lina Iordanaki
Keyword(s):  
Gender Diversity ◽  
Active Engagement ◽  
Older Students ◽  
Decoding Skills ◽  
Written Text ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
And Gender

Abstract This article explores 11-year-old children’s connections to prior knowledge and experiences while reading a wordless version of Little Red Riding Hood. The study extends pre-existing research on reader response theories by focusing on images instead of written text. The approach taken places emphasis on the reader’s active engagement, for readers use visual decoding skills and culturally oriented knowledge in an effort to interpret the wordless story and fill its gaps. A multiple case study design was implemented involving sixteen students from Greece and England, all being in the final year of primary school and identified as fluent readers. The participants in each country, separated into two groups of four, read the book in an empty classroom, with no teacher intervention. The aim was to identify patterns in their unmediated responses, and to present and analyse the themes of their connections based on empirical evidence. The participants linked the illustrations to their common general knowledge, including cultural references and gender-based generalisations, to personal experiences, and to other texts such as books and films. The findings reveal the prevalence of common themes in their interpretations of the story and encourage engagement with wordless picturebooks, even for older students. Due to their special nature and complexity, these books can initiate interesting conversations on issues such as identity and gender diversity.

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