Open AccessA New Gender Microaggressions Taxonomy for Undergraduate Women on College Campuses: A Qualitative Examination
Author(s) -
Rachel E. Gartner
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
violence against women
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.807
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1552-8448
pISSN - 1077-8012
DOI - 10.1177/1077801220978804
Subject(s) - harassment , intersectionality , qualitative research , nonprobability sampling , focus group , psychology , objectification , normative , clinical psychology , social psychology , medical education , applied psychology , gender studies , medicine , sociology , political science , population , demography , social science , anthropology , law
Gender microaggressions are everyday slights, insults, and invalidations theorized to create and sustain environments in which sexual harassment and assault of women is normative and permissible. Establishing a gender microaggressions taxonomy for undergraduate women may support efforts to improve campus climate and reduce sexual violence. This study aims to identify a gender microaggressions taxonomy for undergraduate women on college campuses. Five qualitative semi-structured focus groups ( N = 23) were conducted with 18- to 25-year-old undergraduate women. Purposive sampling was employed and directed content analysis was performed. Seven themes emerged: invisibility, intersectionality, caretaker and nurturer, women-dominated occupations, presumed incompetence, sexual objectification, and environmental invalidations.