The Role of Intersectionality and Context in Measuring Gender-Based Violence in Universities and Research-Performing Organizations in Europe for the Development of Inclusive Structural Interventions
Inhalt: The aim of the article is to discuss how thinking about gender-based violence intersectionally and in context can not only enrich our understanding but also lead to transformative change in organizations. The article argues that to better understand gender-based violence in universities and research institutions, analyses need to be intersectional and contextual. Such approaches go beyond binary understandings of gender and narrow legalistic definitions of gender-based violence. The article reflects on how to operationalize this to derive starting points for intersectional categories to consider and contextual factors to measure at micro-, meso-, and macro-levels. It concludes that a multilevel intersectional analysis leads to more nuanced knowledge on experiences of gender-based violence and is, therefore, better equipped to inform the development of measures to eradicate the problem in an inclusive way.
10 action towards LGBTQIA+ equality in research centres and STEM environments : Implementation Guide
Autor/in:
Villafranca, Aitor; Ortiz, Gloria P.
Quelle: PRISMA; Barcelona, 2023.
Inhalt: The PRISMA guide has been developed to implement the 10 PRISMA measures that favor LGTBQIA+ equality and diversity in research centers and in science, technology and innovation environments.
Schlagwörter:Diversity; equality; equality measure; Innovation; LGBTQ+; research performing organisation; technology
CEWS Kategorie:Außerhochschulische Forschung, Diversity, Hochschulen, Sexuelle Belästigung und Gewalt
Inhalt: In this introduction to the Special Issue on Gender, Race and Violence, we go back to the roots of intersectionality and foreground an intersectional lens in our examination of violence against women and non-binary people of color. We argue that it is important to address the persistent “epistemic violence” resultant from silencing the most marginal, by featuring works that call attention to and examine violence against groups subjected to the “interlocking oppressions” of race, class, gender, and sexuality. The articles in the Special Issue re-directs the sociological analysis of violence to foreground scholarship that engages in the gendered and racial appraisal of violence. Studies included in the issue also foreground sexuality, which has largely been neglected in the intersectional analysis of violence. In so doing, we nod to both the past and the future of intersectionality in studies of violence.
University housing reinforces the negative relationship between interpersonal violence, psychological distress, and suicidality in undergraduates, particularly among gender diverse students
Autor/in:
Heller, Abigail T.; Berg, Sergey S.; Prichard, J. Roxanne
Quelle: Journal of American College Health, 71 (2023) 1, S 102–110
Inhalt: OBJECTIVE
To compare academic and mental health outcomes across diverse gender identities in the context of interpersonal violence and campus housing.
PARTICIPANTS
45,549 students from 124 self-selected post-secondary institutions.
METHODS
Various academic and health measures from the National College Health Assessment Spring 2017 dataset were analyzed for differences across five gender identities (cis women, cis men, transwomen, transmen, and genderqueer students), and two housing categories (university housing and non-university housing).
RESULTS
When compared to cisgender peers, gender diverse students reported greater experiences of interpersonal violence and higher levels of negative academic and mental health outcomes. Living in university housing was associated with an increase in these disparities.
CONCLUSIONS
University housing, which usually reinforces fixed gender binaries, is associated with worse outcomes for gender diverse students. These data can help higher education institutions better understand and address problems that disproportionately impact transgender and gender diverse students, who represent a growing demographic.
The persistence of sexism and racism at universities - Dissertation
Autor/in:
Guschke, Bontu Lucie
Quelle: (PhD series / Copenhagen Business School, 6), 2023, First edition. 378 S
Inhalt: This PhD dissertation investigates the reproduction of sexist and racist harassment and
discrimination in workplaces at Danish universities. It contributes to feminist organization
studies by exploring: (1) How does the dis/organization of Danish universities enable the
reproduction of inequalities, specifically in form of sexist and racist harassment and
discrimination? (2) What allows sexist and racist workplace harassment and discrimination to be
reproduced both on an institutional-structural and an interactional-individual level? (3) How are
sexist and racist harassment and discrimination reproduced intersectionally, and what is distinct
in how they are reproduced?
Data from the Danish university context provides the empirical basis for the study. The author
conducted in-depth interviews with academic faculty at all eight Danish universities. Interviewees
were not required to have personal experiences with harassment and discrimination. An
approach of anti-narrative research operationalized through embodied queer listening was
developed and used in both data generation and analysis to methodologically acknowledge and
engage with the interviewees’ vulnerabilities as well as autonomy in relation to organizational
norms and power structures. It further allowed engaging with both discursive and affective
aspects of data generation and analysis.
The findings of the study are structured in six analytical chapters. These outline (I) contextual
mechanisms within the Danish academic system that facilitate harassment and discrimination,
(II) the unspeakability of racism when speaking of harassment and discrimination, (III) the
imperceptibility of harassment, that is, how harassment often becomes affectively noticed before
becoming named as such, (IV) ten (de)legitimization strategies that allow harassment and
discrimination to persist, (V) expectations in how to speak up about harassment experiences, and
finally (VI) insights on the reporting process and its challenges.
Queer Positionality and Researching University Lad Culture
Autor/in:
Stenson, Annis Elizabeth
Quelle: Social Sciences, 11 (2022) 12, 562 S
Inhalt: This paper reflects on my experiences as a queer researcher investigating the relationship between university lad culture and gender-related violence. Gender-related violence is analysed as a useful conceptual tool for considering lad culture, owing to the relationship between lad culture and sexual violence, LGBT-phobia and the privileging of white, young, heterosexual men within lad culture. Using reflections from my doctoral case study research, in which I collected data from self-identified ‘lads’ (5 in-depth interviews), I will consider the challenges and benefits of my researcher position in relation the research methodology. Then, using a re-analysis of interviews, I will argue that my researcher position led to certain presentations of lad culture from my participants. Self-Identified Lad (SIL) participants presented themselves as distant from lad culture, showed queerness/hid homophobia within lad culture and were willing to discuss sexual violence. While the case study yielded only a small sample of SILs, a benefit of my researcher position is that this project was the first to conduct interviews with LGB lads and one female lad. My queer feminist position has therefore produced a unique insight into lads who identify with lad culture but discursively position themselves as fringe members. This contributes to theorisations of a laddish continuum, and allows us to consider why some self-identified lads are on the fringes, and what this tells us about lad culture
“The ethos expected from a management professor forces us to act straight”: Heterosexist harassment against gay professors in Brazil
Autor/in:
Freitas Oleto, Alice de; Palhares, José Vitor
Quelle: Gend Work Organ (Gender, Work and Organization), (2022)
Inhalt: This study aims to analyze how gay Brazilian professors experience heterosexist harassment and the implications of this type of violence for the interpersonal relationships of these professors and for the teaching-learning process in the academic environment. To this end, we conducted an exploratory study with a qualitative approach. The data were collected through an online survey using the Google Forms platform based on cases reported by 13 gay Brazilian professors working in a technological or higher education institution at the time of the harassment. Our data suggest that most respondents suffered heterosexist harassment in the workplace with violence being more explicit when the professor is more effeminate. Furthermore, we found that the naturalization of games considered harmless and homophobic jokes in the workplace can compromise the fight against heterosexist harassment in organizations. As a result, respondents report behavioral and workplace changes to fit into social norms and to be socially accepted, physical and psychological problems, professional and interpersonal relationships, adversely affecting educational experiences.
Trans faculty and queer battle fatigue: : poetic (re)presentations of navigating identity politics in the academy
Autor/in:
Robinson, Sean
Quelle: International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 35 (2022) 9, S 911–927
Inhalt: Research on the experiences of trans* employees show that trans* individuals face disproportionate levels of harassment, discrimination, violence, and forms of aggression in the workplace. While broader organizational and workplace research exploring issues of trans* employees may be transferrable to higher education settings, higher education nevertheless has specific needs that make it distinctly different from non-higher education work environments. Although organizational scholars writing on workplace discrimination issues have offered recommendations for increasing trans-affirmation in workplace environments, little research has focused exclusively on trans* faculty on college and university campuses. Responding to calls for a nuanced understanding of trans* educators in more creative ways, this article (re)presents the experiences of six trans* identified post-secondary faculty in the format of a found poem that weaves together the voices of the participants into a collective narrative. When read through the lens of queer battle fatigue, the poem highlights the violence, marginalization, and forms of aggression experienced by trans* individuals that lead to feelings of exhaustion.
Bausteine für einen systematischen Diskriminierungsschutz an Hochschulen
Autor/in:
Antidiskriminierungsstelle des Bundes
Quelle: Berlin, 2020.
Inhalt: Rassistische Beleidigungen, sexuelle Belästigung oder Mobbing aufgrund der sexuellen Identität machen auch vor Hochschulen nicht halt. Hochschulen sehen sich daher verstärkt in der Verantwortung einen umfassenden Diskriminierungsschutz sicherzustellen. Die Broschüre „Bausteine für einen systematischen Diskriminierungsschutz an Hochschulen“ zeigt auf, wo sie ansetzen können.
Dabei stellen sich den Hochschulen häufig praktische Fragen: Wie kann sowohl die Prävention von Diskriminierung als auch die Intervention im Fall einer Benachteiligung sichergestellt werden? Welche Pflichten haben Hochschulen nach dem Allgemeinen Gleichbehandlungsgesetz und wie kann diesen am besten nachgekommen werden? Zusätzlich stehen Hochschulen vor der Herausforderung, alle Statusgruppen adäquat vor Diskriminierung zu schützen.
Die Broschüre „Bausteine für einen systematischen Diskriminierungsschutz an Hochschulen“ schlägt Interessierten sechs Bausteine für die Umsetzung eines effektiven Diskriminierungsschutzes vor: unter anderem Umfragen und Monitoring; Sensibilisierung, Empowerment und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit; Antidiskriminierungsberatung oder die Einrichtung von Beschwerdestellen. Diese wurden auf Grundlage einer bundesweiten Umfrage der Antidiskriminierungsstelle des Bundes zu Beschwerdestellen nach § 13 Allgemeines Gleichbehandlungsgesetz (AGG) an Hochschulen in Deutschland entwickelt. Für jeden Baustein werden aktuelle Beispiele von Praxismaßnahmen an Hochschulen präsentiert, die zeigen, wie Diskriminierungsschutz an Hochschulen konkret umgesetzt werden kann.
The Intersection of Gender Identity and Violence: : Victimization Experienced by Transgender College Students
Autor/in:
Griner, Stacey B.; Vamos, Cheryl A.; Thompson, Erika L.; Logan, Rachel; Vázquez-Otero, Coralia; Daley, Ellen M.
Quelle: Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 35 (2020) 23-24, S 5704–5725
Inhalt: College students disproportionately experience victimization, stalking, and relationship violence when compared with other groups. Few studies explore victimization by the gender identity of college students, including those who identify as transgender. The purpose of this study is to explore the rates of violence experienced by transgender students compared with male and female college students. This study utilized the National College Health Assessment-II (NCHA-II) and included data from students (n = 82,538) across fall 2011, 2012, and 2013. Bivariate statistics and binary logistic regression were conducted to test the relationships between gender identity and victimization. Transgender students (n = 204) were compared with male (n = 27,322) and female (n = 55,012) students. After adjusting for individual factors, transgender students had higher odds of experiencing all nine types of violence when compared with males and higher odds of experiencing eight types of violence than females. Transgender students experienced the highest odds in crimes involving sexual victimization, including attempted sexual penetration (adjusted odds ratio [aOR]: 9.49, 95% confidence interval [CI] = [6.17, 14.59], d = 1.00), sexual penetration without consent (aOR: 9.06, 95% CI = [5.64, 14.53], d = 0.94), and being in a sexually abusive relationship (aOR: 6.48, 95% CI = [4.01, 10.49], d = 0.48), than did male students. Findings reveal increased odds of victimization among transgender students when compared with male and female students. Results demonstrate the need for more comprehensive violence prevention efforts in college settings.
Schlagwörter:gender identity; gender-based violence; higher education; sexual violence; Transgeschlechtlichkeit
CEWS Kategorie:Diversity, Hochschulen, Sexuelle Belästigung und Gewalt