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Academics: I'm going to be talking to my students about gendered interactions/outcomes of teaching evals. If you have thoughts or an anecdote you'd like to share, please do! (or DM me for anonymity)
Ex: Students are like 3x more likely to refer to male profs as "geniuses"
Ex: Students are like 3x more likely to refer to male profs as "geniuses"
One example I can think of: It's way easier to be thought of as a "cool" male prof. I can shush my students or tell them what to do in class without being portrayed as cold or harsh--instead, I'm just being justifiably firm. My non-male colleagues report a very different exp.
Another example: When students are assigned a bad grade by a male prof, they usually just begrudgingly accept it. When the bad grade comes from a non-male prof, it's common for students to attempt to appeal it over the prof's head to a Dean or dept. head.
Another example: Students do not give two shits about how I dress. At all. Often, male profs who dress shabbily are affectionately thought of as disheveled geniuses.
Adding some to this thread (with the caveat that the source data treat gender as a binary): In every field, women are much, much less likely than men to be described as "funny."
Women are more likely than men to be described as "mean."
With the notable exception of music, women are more likely than men to be described as "incompetent."
And in every field, women are more likely than men to be called "unfair."
