Organizer: Women in Southeast Asian Social Sciences

Description:

In the course of an academic career in which public engagements are increasingly important, female academics are sometimes subject to a broad range of negative public-facing encounters. Harassment, bullying, trolling and disrespect from a range of audiences are common experiences reported by female academics from both the public as well as within academia itself (including from students). Particularly in early career, female academics also often find themselves feeling pressured to do more administrative duties and emotional labour compared to their male counterparts. Women in think tanks and research and teaching positions are also subject to dimensions of misogyny that are often dismissed and under-discussed, for instance having their expertise undervalued as well as being targeted through paternalistic attitudes. This panel brings together female academics studying and/or working in Southeast Asia who have themselves experienced harassment or bullying in a variety of different ways.

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