Sexual harassment in Academia: A Matter of Power (Imbalance)

2022

I wish to thank everyone who has contributed to the project during the past several years! This book represents a very important part of the work, and I want to thank all the authors, especially Øystein Gullvåg Holter and Lotta Snickare, for their major efforts in producing, analyzing, and disseminating knowledge gathered from our organization. This knowledge has been compiled in such a way that it should be highly useful to others working for a gender-equal academia and working life. In addition to the authors, I wish to thank the project's administrative leaders, the project coordinators, steering committees, research groups, project participants, partners at UiO and KTH, heads of departments, and the dean's office at the MN faculty. Additionally, many thanks to the Research Council of Norway, which has funded and followed the project with great enthusiasm. I hope the readers of this book will find the project and research findings interesting. I also hope that the book can contribute to the important work of change currently happening in Norway and other countries! Professor Solveig Kristensen, Dean of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences and project leader of FRONT, University of Oslo Oslo, 1 November 2022 The most significant findings presented in in the first part of the book are further analyzed and discussed in the book's second part. The third part addresses measures for and solutions to the problems. This first part consists of the following chapters: Chapter one "Gender-Equal Imbalance?" introduces the faculty as a workplace, and explores the different perceptions of gender equality and gender balance among women and men. Chapter two "Men, Masculinities and Professional Hierarchies" addresses gender and equality focusing on men, and how academic prestige is connected with masculinity. Chapter three "Sexual Harassment: Not an Isolated Problem" describes the extent of sexual harassment, and the most common aspects of the work environment connected with this problem. Chapter four "Who Is Publishing What? How Gender Influences Publication" addresses questions regarding scientific productivity, focusing on whether women publish less than men and if so, why. Chapter five "Experiences in Academia: A New Survey Study" describes and summarizes one of the main findings of the study: a gender gap in terms of experiences and obstacles in one's career. Chapter six "Ethnicity, Racism and Intersectionality" looks at diversity and social imbalance from a broader perspective, not only gender balance. The chapter focuses on ethnicity and how various dimensions such as gender, ethnicity and class are entwined.

Journal of Vocational …, 1988

Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1988

Although only recently reaching public and scholarly awareness as an important issue, the sexual harassment of women workers and students has been a problem for as long as women have worked and studied outside the home. Although now recognized as an important barrier to women's career development, sexual harassment has proven difficult to study due to the lack of a commonly accepted definition and any standardized instrumentation that could provide comparable

2020

In addressing gender inequality within academia, research acknowledges the role of organizational practices and cultures that reproduce gender bias, stereotypes, and covert barriers to women's academic careers. One such discriminatory practice in academic institutions is subtle and often hidden: sexual harassment. The fact that sexual harassment remains often hidden has also challenged researchers in search of representative data. Sexual harassment is often not a priority or even thought to be an issue, which makes fighting it especially difficult. Finally, if academic institutions are also educational bodies, students and their study environments need to be considered in the analysis of sexual harassment. Fighting sexual harassment should therefore be an essential part of well-bing policies and, by extension of policies menat to create a gender-friendly work environment or to foster gender equality within academia. In turn, fostering a gender-equality culture within the institution can also contribute to fighting sexual harassment.

National Academy of Sciences, 2018

Reports published by the National Academies of Sciences, Engi neering, and Medicine document the evidence-based consensus on the study's statement of task by an authoring committee of experts. Reports typically include findings, conclusions, and recommendations based on information gathered by the committee and the committee's deliberations. Each report has been subjected to a rigorous and independent peer-review process and it represents the position of the National Academies on the statement of task.

Editon Consortium Journal of Psychology, Guidance, and Counseling (ISSN: 2664-0112), 2019

This paper explores the primary forms and prevalence of sexual harassment on campus. It also looks into the general perception that students have concerning harassment. In a cross-sectional survey, 389 respondents filled a questionnaire on sexual harassment. Quantitative statistical analysis revealed that sexual harassment was significantly prevalent in academia. Two-thirds of university students are subjected to sexual harassment before they join campus. Many of the respondents acceded to have been subjected to sexually harassing behaviours but were resistant to label themselves as survivors of harassment. Perception was high among undergraduate students. Recommendations for the improvement of the situation to create a freer and safer campus environment and suggestions for further research are made.

The Journal of Higher Education, 1987

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Throughout our careers we have worked to encourage women to pursue their interests and capabilities in science, engineering, and medicine. And we are delighted with the continual increase in the percentage of women in these fields. We have also worked to ensure a welcoming and safe environment in academia for women students, faculty, and staff. We believe that universities have a special responsibility to provide a welcoming and effective environment for women students. We believe that this report focuses on the issues that must be addressed for our communities to take the next step. Preventing and effectively addressing sexual harassment of women in colleges and universities has remained a challenge for decades, but over that time a strong research base has been developed that reveals the true nature of sexual harassment and its impacts on women's careers-and also reveals what can be done to successfully address it. The Committee on Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine developed the idea for this study on the Impacts of Sexual Harassment in Academia more than 2 years ago, and proposed that a special study committee be appointed to examine the research on sexual harassment to determine what could be done to prevent it in academic settings in science, engineering, and medicine. With this charge, our study committee of distinguished scientists, engineers, and physicians, and experts in sexual harassment research, legal studies, and psychology held a series of workshops and undertook a deep analysis of the literature to gather information for our study and to simultaneously help inform the broader community about the problem of sexual harassment. Over the course of the study, which was launched in late 2016, the topic rose in prominence in the national discourse, most significantly with the rise of the #MeToo movement,

The National Academies Press, 2023

AUTHOR INFORMATION The authors of this paper are institutional representatives to the Prevention Working Group of the Action Collaborative on Preventing Sexual Harassment in Higher Education. In developing this paper, this group of authors was led by Daniel Kleinman, Associate Provost for Graduate Affairs, Boston University. Other authors include Jason Killheffer, Assistant Provost for Academic Integrity, Yale University; Chloe Poston, Associate Vice President for Strategic Initiatives within the Office of Institutional Diversity and Equity, Dartmouth College; and Cara Tuttle Bell, Director of the Project Safe Center, Vanderbilt University. Suggested citation: Kleinman, D. L. and J. M. Thomas (Eds.). 2023. Preventing Sexual Harassment and Reducing Harm by Addressing Abuses of Power in Higher Education Institutions. Washington, DC: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. https:// doi.org/10.17226/26631.