Cultural sexism is ordinary: writing and re-writing women in academia

Date
2017-07-05
Authors
Savigny, Heather
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Publisher
Wiley
Peer reviewed
Yes
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 5 year period, this article writes women’s experiences and unpacks the way in which cultural sexism has become and ordinary feature of women’s academic lives. It also considers ways in which the underlying cultural interpretations of structures may be re-written.
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Keywords
academia, sexism, women
Citation
Savigny, H. (2017) Cultural sexism is ordinary: writing and re-writing women in academia. Gender, Work and Organisation, 24 (6), pp. 643-655
Research Institute
Media and Communication Research Centre (MCRC)