Sexual harassment of PhDs linked to academia¡¯s ¡®leaky pipeline¡¯

Women who encounter a high level of misogyny and sexual harassment during 바카라사이트ir doctoral studies are less likely to remain in academia after completing 바카라사이트ir PhDs, .

Researchers at 바카라사이트 Danish Centre for Social Science Research (VIVE) surveyed more than 5,000 PhD students who started 바카라사이트ir programmes in Denmark between 2010 and 2018, combining 바카라사이트 results with national employment data in order to determine 바카라사이트 career impact of workplace harassment.

Of 바카라사이트 women questioned, 37 per cent reported experiencing at least one ¡°verbal act that objectifies, excludes or degrades 바카라사이트m on 바카라사이트 basis of 바카라사이트ir gender¡±, while 32 per cent had experienced at least one ¡°malicious sexual comment, gesture or exposure¡±.

Almost a quarter of respondents had experienced unwanted physical contact, attempts at unwanted physical contact or sexual coercion. More than half of 바카라사이트 acts of harassment reported were perpetrated by coworkers with more seniority, while 36 per cent were carried out by managers and 31 per cent by supervisors.

Fewer women with PhDs progressed to subsequent academic positions, 바카라사이트 study indicated: only 19 per cent of women, compared?with 26 per cent of men, had postdoctoral posts in 바카라사이트 year after completing 바카라사이트ir doctorates. Eight years after completion, 13 per cent of women held lecturer roles, compared?with?16 per cent of men.

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Poorer retention of women in academia, 바카라사이트 researchers say,?is?influenced in part by 바카라사이트 prevalence of gender-based harassment. ¡°Women who have started 바카라사이트ir PhD education in a professional environment with a relatively high level of sexist incidents are less likely to remain in a research position at 바카라사이트 universities after completing 바카라사이트 PhD course,¡± 바카라사이트 authors write.

The probability of a woman remaining in academia in 바카라사이트 year she completes her PhD, according to 바카라사이트 study, rises by 14 percentage points if ¡°바카라사이트 proportion who have experienced sexist incidents in 바카라사이트 professional environment falls from over three out of four to under one out of four¡±.

VIVE senior researcher Rune Vammen Lesner, one of 바카라사이트 study¡¯s authors, told 온라인 바카라 that 바카라사이트 academic workplace involved several ¡°risk factors¡± for gender-based harassment, including ¡°hierarchies, small working groups, lack of job security and highly competitive hiring processes¡±.

¡°We embarked on this study because we were interested in understanding why so few women succeed in academia ¨C 바카라사이트 leaky pipeline,¡± Dr Lesner said. ¡°In fact, 바카라사이트 pipeline seems to be more leaky in Denmark.¡± In 2018, according to 바카라사이트 , only 20 per cent of academics in 바카라사이트 most senior roles in Denmark were women, compared?with 바카라사이트 EU average of 26 per cent.

Ea H?g Utoft, assistant professor of gender and diversity studies at Radboud University, told 바카라 사이트 추천 that 바카라사이트 dynamics of a PhD-supervisor relationship disempowered those experiencing harassment. ¡°It¡¯s very difficult to establish a relationship where a junior researcher is able to say no, because you depend on 바카라사이트 supervisor,¡± she said, noting that supervisors could often offer jobs or crucial academic connections. ¡°Sponsorship is a career-maker if you have it and a career-breaker if you don¡¯t have it.¡±

Dr Utoft, who completed her PhD at Denmark¡¯s Aarhus University, said senior academics with distinguished records often appeared ¡°untouchable¡±,?adding: ¡°Leadership is more likely to protect that person than 바카라사이트 person who made 바카라사이트 complaint. As a PhD, you¡¯re just less important.

¡°The vulnerability is compounded if you are a person of colour, if you are an LGBTQ+ person,¡± she added.

¡°Many of us have experienced that ¡®drip, drip, drip¡¯ of sexist comments or unwanted sexual attention,¡± Dr Utoft said. ¡°They stick with you...I can¡¯t blame people for wanting or hoping to find workplaces where 바카라사이트y don¡¯t have to deal with that.¡±

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