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!Gender in the Tourism Academy
THE PROMPT…
Source: TRINET Discussion 16-24th January 2014 2
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CAPACITY EQUITY
INDICATORS
GENDER BALANCE IN THE TOURISM ACADEMY
CONFERENCES
INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY FOR THE STUDY OF TOURISM
JOURNALS
OTHER
RANKING OF TOP RESEARCH PROGRAMS
Severt et al 2009
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CIRETTOTAL = 3683
Male = 44%
Female = 33%
Unknown = 23%
TRINETTOTAL = 2266
Male = 50%
Female = 47%
Unknown = 3%
Who makes up the tourism academy?
Level 2 20%
Associate editors, Regional/Theme/Section editors
(n=6301)
male=4389 female=1780
Level 1 25%
Editor-in-Chief, Managing editor, Co-editors, etc.
(n=320)
male=237 female=79
Level 3 11%
Founding editors, Editors emeritus,
(n=38)
male=34 female=4
What is the proportion of women in journal leadership positions?
Editor-in-Chief, Managing editor, Co-editors, etc.
male=22 female=6
Level 1 20%
Associate editors, Regional/Theme/Section editors
male=662
female=223 unknown=10
Level 2 25%
Founding editors, Editors emeritus,
male=3 female=0
Level 3 0%
In top 20 tourism journals* women’s representation is even more limited
* According to Google Scholar: http://scholar.google.com.au/citations?view_op=top_venues&hl=en&vq=bus_tourismhospitality
So, what about conferences?
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Gender balance in conference leadership ~schema for analysis~
24% 38% 24%30%
Gender balance in conference leadership in 2013 (n=34)
24%
The International Academy for the Study of Tourism: 62 (87%) men
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What the data suggests
Mirrors wider trends
Women are underrepresented in the tourism academy
Historical path dependency
Neoliberal meritocratic context
Pipeline of women scholars is ‘leaking’
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3rd Interdisciplinary Tourism ResearchTurkey 2014
Tourism Social Science Conference Surrey 2011
Tourism & the Chinese DreamGold Coast 2014
Women are cognitively impaired or not ‘wired’ for success
Women are not interested in success and leadership
Sexism in practice
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But what does it all mean?
Perhaps…
• Occupational sexism
• Overlooked when we think of experts
• Concentration of power is self-referential / self-reinforcing
• “Leaning in” to leadership
• What is canonized as ‘success’ doesn’t necessarily work for women
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I liked your response, particularly your point about the lack of women in the figures....it's a continuing issue, but at least we have people like
………., ……… and …….. to bump up the female representation!
I agree that there is a broader debate to be had about equal presentation …. However, as the co-convenor (not just a committee
member as indicated in the original email) … I must say that, indeed, expertise and fit with the conference theme were the key drivers for
selecting keynotes and panel members. I am actually not a fan of discriminating against men just because they are men... and I always get nervous about creating divides where I don't actually see them. I personally would not want to be invited as a keynote to meet some
kind of gender quota.
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WAiTWomen Academics in Tourism
GENDER EQUITY is not a women’s issue it’s a HUMAN RIGHTS issue
• In September 2014, Ana invited 18 male colleagues to join
• Only 3 joined
“I find this victimhood phenomenon very strange and
unsettling…”
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“I always try to get the best speakers on merit, knowledge, enthusiasm and communication skills. If
they happen to be male, female, young, old or whatever so be it ;-)”
“Unfortunately, …, this does not account for, nor compensate for, the structural inequalities in our
society. In this case, we are talking about women and the structural inequalities facing women in our
societies and ones that are worse, obviously, in many cultures. Culture is not an excuse for inequality, in my
view.”
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Recommendations for Promoting Gender Equity and Balance in Tourism Conferences
Recommendations for Promoting Gender Equity and Balance in Tourism Publications
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