The Slippery Slope: Struggling for Equity in the Academy in the Era of #MeToo

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Knepper, Hillary J.; Scutelnicu, Gina; Tekula, Rebecca
• 署名单位: Pace University; Pace University; Pace University
• 刊物名称: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0033-3352
• DOI: 10.1111/puar.13208
• 发表日期: 2020
• 页码: 1111-1117
• 关键词: SEXUAL-HARASSMENT; scholarly productivity; PUBLIC AFFAIRS; GENDER; women; TENURE; REPRESENTATION; metaanalysis; diversity; EVOLUTION

摘要

The complexity of the sexual harassment language of the #MeToo movement creates discontinuities that may muddy intended communications. Yet understanding this language provides a fuller picture of the experiences that women face. Gender harassment has persisted in the workplace despite long-standing antidiscrimination policies, perhaps because of a universal failure to recognize all forms of it-some of which are more pervasive and common than sexual abuse. This article considers the ability of the academy to affect sexual harassment in public administration. It discusses the implications of gender harassment, the least recognized form of sexual harassment, and makes recommendations for overcoming gender barriers in the academy and in practice. Evidence-based guidance for advancing women in the academy may create more equitable and just spaces for teaching and learning. Public administration classrooms and scholarship represent critical opportunities to recognize patterns of organizational practice and systematically redress gender harassment in the workplace.