Women's Work-Related and Family-Related Discrimination and Support in Academia

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Advances in Gender Research

ISSN: 1529-2126
Series editor(s): Professor Vasilikie Demos, Professor Marcia Segal

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Title:	Women's Work-Related and Family-Related Discrimination and Support in Academia
Author(s):	Liisa Husu
Volume:	9 Editor(s): Marcia Texler Segal, Vasilikie Demos ISBN: 978-0-76231-214-6 eISBN: 978-1-84950-345-7
Citation:	Liisa Husu (2005), Women's Work-Related and Family-Related Discrimination and Support in Academia, in Marcia Texler Segal, Vasilikie Demos (ed.) Gender Realities: Local and Global (Advances in Gender Research, Volume 9), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, pp.161-199
DOI:	10.1016/S1529-2126(05)09007-7 (Permanent URL)
Publisher:	Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Article type:	Chapter Item
Abstract:	Academia remains a male-dominated occupational realm, even though women have made great gains as actors in higher education. The interconnections of work-related and family-related discrimination experiences and work-related and family-related support are analyzed, drawing on over 100 semi-structured interviews with and written accounts of academic women in 11 Finnish universities from all major disciplinary fields. Finland provides an interesting research context, characterized by relatively high gender equality in both academia and society more generally. Exploring academic women in this setting reveals several paradoxes, namely those of: feminization of academia; family-friendly policies; academic motherhood; and academic endogamy.