The Progress of Women in Educational Institutions: The Saturn's Rings Phenomenon
This December 1973 report by Mary Rowe to the MIT Academic Council contributed to the discussion resulting in MIT's first policy against harassment. The article describes various aspects of structural sexism.
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| description | This December 1973 report by Mary Rowe to the MIT Academic Council contributed to the discussion resulting in MIT's first policy against harassment. The article describes various aspects of structural sexism. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1553022024-06-26T03:27:31Z The Progress of Women in Educational Institutions: The Saturn's Rings Phenomenon Rowe, Mary P. sexism, sexism in higher education, women in higher education, discrimination This December 1973 report by Mary Rowe to the MIT Academic Council contributed to the discussion resulting in MIT's first policy against harassment. The article describes various aspects of structural sexism. This paper describes the minutiae of sexism in large educational institutions. These minutiae are usually not actionable; most are such petty incidents that they may not even be identified, much less protested. They are, however, important, like the dust and ice in Saturn's rings, because, taken together, they constitute formidable barriers. As Saturn is partially obscured by its rings, so are good jobs partially obscured for women by "grains of sand": the minutiae of sexism. Saturn's Rings phenomena are briefly discussed in this paper and then a fictional case study is introduced in an effort to illustrate the cumulative effect of many small events. 2024-06-25T19:15:32Z 2024-06-25T19:15:32Z 1973-12 Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/155302 Mary P. Rowe, "The Progress of Women in Educational Institutions: The Saturn's Rings Phenomenon," report to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Academic Council, December 1973, https://mitsloan.mit.edu/shared/ods/documents?PublicationDocumentID=9445. en_US application/pdf MIT Sloan School of Management website |
| spellingShingle | sexism, sexism in higher education, women in higher education, discrimination Rowe, Mary P. The Progress of Women in Educational Institutions: The Saturn's Rings Phenomenon |
| title | The Progress of Women in Educational Institutions: The Saturn's Rings Phenomenon |
| title_full | The Progress of Women in Educational Institutions: The Saturn's Rings Phenomenon |
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| title_short | The Progress of Women in Educational Institutions: The Saturn's Rings Phenomenon |
| title_sort | progress of women in educational institutions the saturn s rings phenomenon |
| topic | sexism, sexism in higher education, women in higher education, discrimination |
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