Beyond the "Chilly Climate": Eliminating Bias against Women and Fathers in Academe.
Beyond the "Chilly Climate": Eliminating Bias against Women and Fathers in Academe.
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超越“寒冷气候”：消除学术界对女性和父亲的偏见。
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2006
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S. Bornstein
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Joan C. Williams;Tamina Alon;S. Bornstein
2006年10月，她带着儿子去上班。如果有机会再做一次，莫兰说她永远不会选择高等教育。这不是什么秘密，卡尔斯鲁厄是一个具有挑战性的地方工作，但这些挑战加剧时，学术也有家庭责任。学术界，如此专注于成就，进步和无休止的竞争，以开辟新的天地，继续以冰川的速度前进，当涉及到支持和保留妇女。解决这一问题的传统模式要求通过创造一种支持文化来消除学术界的冷冰冰的气候。虽然冷冰冰的的气候比喻发挥了有益的作用，但它也有其局限性。如何改变气候？把可能构成歧视的经历仅仅说成是一种冷淡的气氛，是否有用或适当？毫无疑问，喀麦隆需要气候变化。事实证明，仅仅提供政策并不足以使人们能够实际使用这些政策。2003年，一项对俄亥俄州州立大学助理教授的调查报告称，帕特里夏·莫兰（Patricia Moran）中的一位直到获得终身教职后才有了第二个孩子。她在39岁时生下了一个患有先天性畸形的男婴，但两周后又回到了教室。因为她的丈夫是一名公司律师，莫兰女士经常必须独自处理家庭紧急情况。有一次儿子生病了，她带他去学校，把他放在教室后面的垃圾桶里。“学生们认为我是一个好老师，但却是一个糟糕的母亲，”她哀叹道。在她自己的担忧中，她的同事们抱怨说，“超越”冷冰冰的气候“：消除学术界对妇女和父亲的偏见
FALL 2006 79 her bringing her son to work. Given the chance to do it all again, Ms. Moran says she would have never chosen a career in higher education. It’s no secret that academe is a challenging place to work, but those challenges are exacerbated when the academic also has family responsibilities. The scholarly world, so focused on achievement, advancement, and endless competition to break new ground, continues to advance at a glacial pace when it comes to the support and retention of women. The traditional model for addressing this issue calls for eliminating the chilly climate in academia by creating a culture of support. While the chilly climate metaphor has played a useful role, it has its limitations. How does one go about changing a climate? Is it useful or appropriate to refer to experiences that could amount to discrimination as merely a cool atmosphere? There is little doubt that academe is in need of climate change. Simply providing policies has not proven sufficient to enable people to actually use them. In 2003, a survey of Ohio State University assistant professors reported that one in Patricia Moran waited to have her second child until after she received tenure. She gave birth, at age 39, to a baby boy with congenital deformities but was back in the classroom two weeks later. Because her husband is a corporate lawyer, Ms. Moran often must deal with family emergencies alone. She once brought her son to school with her when he was sick, stationing him in the back of the classroom with a trashcan to throw up in. “The students thought I was a good instructor but a terrible mother,” she laments. Amidst her own worry, her colleagues complained about Beyond the ‘Chilly Climate’: Eliminating Bias Against Women and Fathers in Academe