The Athena SWAN team used the occasion of International Men’s Day (19th November) to capture the views of our male colleagues on gender equality in the workplace.
We designed a short survey that allowed a lot of free text comments and we are very grateful to the 68 respondents who took time to share their thoughts, experiences and ideas.
The key themes arising from the responses were:
- a feeling that the work on gender equality, including Athena SWAN and some of the parental support is primarily targetted at women
- the expectations on men and views of masculinity that can impact on experience and decision making
- a desire to work more flexibly but a level of discomfort about asking to do so
- different perceptions of the gender pay gap in general and at the University
These insights are really valuable and will certainly help shape the work of the Athena SWAN team.
If you have any additional thoughts or views please get in touch athenaswan@kent.ac.uk