depreciating females
And another finding from the gender research. One extensive study was about study conditions of students in informatics and mechatronics. What sprang to my eyes was this: When being asked whether female students experience depreciating comments and behaviour, it was rather the male students who observed it and said that yes. While the female students observed this less often and said that does not mean anything and they must learn to live with it.
Ilona Horwath, Nicole Kronberger und Irmgard Wörtl: Das Technikstudium aus der Sicht von Frauen und Männern. Institut für Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, 2007 https://www.tequality.at/source/Bericht.pdf
What I wonder: Studying is a relatively low competitive field of work where collaboration is highly esteemed and resources (good grades) are no limited resource. There is no real need to depreciate women, unlike in work life where a woman might compete with a man about limited resources and he will try to push her down in the hierarchy of respect. And this further makes me wonder: If females get used to being insulted during their years of study, then they will feel less pain in the competitive struggle at work when being treated unfair. And this is a large competitive disadvantage, not to defend one´s limits. (I make a note in my head that I as an instructor will never allow depreciating remarks against any student. We practice respect! This is one of the learning objectives.)
Ilona Horwath, Nicole Kronberger und Irmgard Wörtl: Das Technikstudium aus der Sicht von Frauen und Männern. Institut für Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, 2007 https://www.tequality.at/source/Bericht.pdf
What I wonder: Studying is a relatively low competitive field of work where collaboration is highly esteemed and resources (good grades) are no limited resource. There is no real need to depreciate women, unlike in work life where a woman might compete with a man about limited resources and he will try to push her down in the hierarchy of respect. And this further makes me wonder: If females get used to being insulted during their years of study, then they will feel less pain in the competitive struggle at work when being treated unfair. And this is a large competitive disadvantage, not to defend one´s limits. (I make a note in my head that I as an instructor will never allow depreciating remarks against any student. We practice respect! This is one of the learning objectives.)
AndreaHerrmann - 18. Aug, 14:06
