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ERIC Number: EJ1279786
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Dec
Pages: 16
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ISSN: ISSN-1532-0723
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"What about Your Kids and Your Husband?": Gender-Blind Sexism in Women Higher Education Administrators' Narratives
Channing, Jill
Education Leadership Review, v21 n1 p41-56 Dec 2020
Women leaders report facing many systemic inequalities such as unequal family responsibilities, differing and unfair expectations of them as leaders, backbiting from colleagues and subordinates, and a lack of support and encouragement. This qualitative research study's conceptual framework hinges on feminist narrative analysis research, focusing on women administrators' perceptions of gender's influences on their work experiences. Patterns in participants' narratives reveal genderblind sexism, which is sexism that renders itself invisible or uneasily detectable, and a pattern of resistance to this and other oppressive experiences by developing overall transformative and feminist leadership styles. The purpose of this qualitative study was to better understand genderblind scripts revealed in participants' stories about the intersections of gender and their work lives. Through sharing and analyzing participants' narratives, this researcher derived recommendations for equitable policies and practices in higher education settings.
International Council of Professors of Educational Leadership. Web site: https://www.icpel.org/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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