Open Access“No, Teach Yourself!”: College Women’s Expectations for White Men’s Awareness of Privilege and Oppression
Author(s) -
Adele Lozano,
Jörg Vianden,
Paige Kieler
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal committed to social change on race and ethnicity
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2642-2387
DOI - 10.15763/issn.2642-2387.2021.7.1.13-45
Subject(s) - oppression , privilege (computing) , acknowledgement , white (mutation) , white privilege , gender studies , psychology , higher education , qualitative research , pedagogy , social psychology , medical education , sociology , medicine , political science , racism , social science , law , biochemistry , chemistry , computer security , politics , computer science , gene
Addressing gender inequities in higher education must begin with the acknowledgement that men play a key role in creating change. The purpose of this qualitative study is to center and raise the experiences of women students, and to communicate to men who are students, faculty, and administrators what women students expect from them in terms of privilege and oppression awareness. Findings indicate that women students felt criticized, judged, and underestimated by men, and expected men to self-educate to become aware of and interrogate their own privileges. The authors provide recommendations for higher education teaching and learning, focusing on attitudes and behaviors of White men in the academy.