Missed Opportunities Due to Gender Bias: A Qualitative Analysis of Microdiscrimination against Female University Students in Spain

This study investigates the microdiscrimination that female students experience on their journey through higher education. Using qualitative methodology we interpret, analyse and categorize gender microinequities. The results show that female students are aware of the social naturalization of gender...

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Published in:Societies (Basel, Switzerland) Switzerland), 2023-03, Vol.13 (4), p.87
Main Authors: Martínez-Ruiz, María A, Hernández-Amorós, María J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
College students
Colleges & universities
Decision making
Discrimination
Economic systems
Education
Equal opportunity
Females
Gender
gender microdiscrimination
Gender roles
Higher education
Human bias
Inequality
inequality of opportunity
International organizations
Legal system
Meetings
Microaggressions
Parity
Political correctness
Prejudice
Prejudices
Qualitative analysis
qualitative methodology
Qualitative research
Sex discrimination
Sex discrimination against women
Sex role
Social aspects
Stereotypes
Students
University students
Women
Women college students
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Summary:This study investigates the microdiscrimination that female students experience on their journey through higher education. Using qualitative methodology we interpret, analyse and categorize gender microinequities. The results show that female students are aware of the social naturalization of gender roles, but they in no way adopt them. Few participants go beyond condemning the fact that stereotypes are deeply rooted in the family and society. They do not generally perceive that the legal, political and economic systems are also structured in such a way as to hinder equal opportunities. Political and institutional measures, therefore, need to be applied to draw attention to the inequalities generated on a macrostructural level by the patriarchal system.
ISSN:2075-4698
2075-4698
DOI:10.3390/soc13040087