There are a lot of problems that beset academia. This 👇 is one of the worst. How can we defend ourselves from the Rufos and DeSantises of the world when many of us can't even respect our colleagues enough to help equitably distribute labor?
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Dr Izzy Jayasinghe
A study on what many of us already know: over 75% of internal service work in academia is done by women. The bit that gets me:”The male associate professors in particular made it clear that they actively engaged in evasiveness and did not want to participate if it was not positive for their careers”
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The patriarchy is baked into the system.
IME ignoring structural incentives even a little bit is always dangerous. Solidarity and all can be powerful but fragile. IMO it’s better to recognise the essential issue and build clear values around it.
That head described a meticulous carrot-and-stick campaign to get the offenders to retire. I was impressed.
It's happening where I'm at currently and I would very much be interested in any methods that can help alleviate the pressure.
I feel a bit of guilt here since I will not serve as our PhD director (I have a fundamental conflict with our program's existence).
Maybe we can start adding “women won’t clean up after the lazy men in their work environments” to the calendar. But with a much snappier title.
It feels like actually caring about the students and teaching are black marks. That makes me sad.
1. You are amazing and did an exceptional job
2. He’s an asshole and maybe we can CUT HIM IN TWO.
"Stand what?" he said.
The IT head used to phone me & ask me to get him to clear out his inbox. It was affecting the institute's server.
My chair is asking me to pick up an internal service duty that a male colleague is complaining loudly about. Because she knows I won’t complain.