Male ‘play-garden’ versus female ‘tightrope walking’: an exploration of gendered embodiment in Dutch higher education
通过访谈荷兰研究型大学的26位副教授（13对男女匹配），发现学术环境存在性别化的具身实践，女性因性别被认为晋升资格不足，而部分男性对此视而不见。
The purpose of this paper is to gain a deeper understanding of gendered practices in academia by further exploring the embodiment of gender; we do so by comparing these practices between the experiences of female and male respondents concerning gender stereotypes and the individual embodiment thereof in academics within research universities in the Netherlands. Our analysis includes interviews with 26 female and male associate professors – thirteen pairs matched at the department and discipline levels – which enabled us to compare academic experiences of each gender. A significant proportion of the interviewed academics perceived the Dutch academic context as a gendered and embodied professional setting and implied women are not only considered less eligible for promotion because of their gender; notably, some male respondents were blind to these stereotypes. Several of the reported stereotypes refer to the appearance of the female body and the behaviour of women and provided clarification of different career progressions.