Cultural Sexism is Ordinary: Writing and Re‐Writing Women in Academia. Issue 6 (5th July 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Savigny, Heather
• Is Part Of: Gender work and organization. Volume 24:Issue 6(2017:Nov.)
• Page Start: 643
• Page End: 655
• Publication Date: 2017-07-05
• Subjects: sexism -- auto/biography -- writing -- universities; Sex role in the work environment -- Periodicals; Sexual division of labor -- Periodicals; Sex discrimination in employment -- Periodicals; Organizational sociology -- Periodicals; Industries -- Social aspects -- Periodicals; 306.361505
• DOI: 10.1111/gwao.12190
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0968-6673

Abstract

Abstract : When we 'write women' in academia, the focus in much of the literature to date has been to write about women. The focus of this article is the writing of women themselves; to give voice to women's experiences as constructors of knowledge. Through so doing this article uses writing as praxis; as a mechanism to disrupt, challenge and open a space for renegotiation of cultural norms within academic institutions. Based on qualitative data collection over a six‐year period, this article writes women's experiences and unpacks the way in which cultural sexism has become an ordinary feature of women's academic lives. It also considers ways in which the underlying cultural interpretations of hegemonic masculinized structures may be re‐written.