沈黙の立場:教授たちが学術界におけるジェンダーの格差を説明する方法
Margaretha Järvinen1, Nanna Mik-Meyer2
1Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
The British journal of sociology
|February 18, 2026
まとめ
男性の教授は,女性の学問上の障壁を家族や個人的な選択に起因するものとし,女性教授は,偏見や文化のようなシステム的な問題を挙げている. "沈黙した立場"は,一部の男性が女性を教授職にふさわしくないと捉えていることを示唆している.
科学分野:
- 社会学 社会学 社会学とは
- 高等教育研究 高等教育研究
- ジェンダー研究とは,ジェンダー研究です.
背景:
- ジェンダー格差は,学術界,特に教授職において依然として存在しています.
- これらの格差に対する教員の認識を理解することは,効果的な介入に不可欠です.
- 社会学的な会計理論は,社会現象の説明を分析するための枠組みを提供します.
研究 の 目的:
- 男性と女性の教授が学術キャリアにおけるジェンダーの格差をどのように説明するかを探求する.
- これらの説明に用いられる根拠と言い訳を特定する.
- 女性の教授資格に関する暗黙のバイアスや立場を明らかにする.
主な方法:
- 高等教育における教授との77件の深入インタビューを利用した質的研究設計.
- 社会学的な会計理論のレンズを通してインタビューデータの分析.
- ジェンダーに関連した説明,言い訳,正当化のパターンを特定することに焦点を当てましょう.
主要な成果:
- 男性の教授は,女性のキャリアの障壁を,主に家族要因や個人的な好みに起因すると考えます.
- 女性教授は,認識の欠如,暗黙のバイアス,男性ネットワーク,そして歓迎しない文化などのシステム的な問題を強調しています.
- 男性教授の"沈黙した立場"は,常任教授としての女性の資格が低いという信念を示唆し,しばしば間接的に表現されています.
結論:
- 学界におけるジェンダー格差に対する認識は,男女教授の間で大きく異なっています.
- 男性教授の説明は,これらの差異を中和したり,言い訳したりして,根本的なバイアスを隠すのに役立ちます.
- ジェンダーの不平等に対処するには,これらの異なる認識と,それらを永続させる"沈黙した立場"と向き合う必要があります.
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