Female Faculty More Stressed

A couple of weeks ago, I posted some thoughts on the IHE article that reported that Community College faculty are somewhat more satisfied with their jobs than faculty at 4 year institutions.  The same survey of faculty attitudes, conducted by folks at UCLA, included comparisons of male and female responses.

The study found that a higher proportion women reported feeling stressed about a variety of different factors.  Here are some of the findings highlighted in the IHE article:

Factor	% of Men Citing as Cause of Stress	% of Women Citing as Cause of Stress
Managing household responsibilities	68.0%	81.8%
Child care	29.4	29.6
Review/promotion process	40.3	50.8
Subtle discrimination	17.9	34.2
Teaching load	61.6	70.8
Lack of personal time	68.5	81.9
Keeping up with technology	54.0	64.2
Being part of 2-career couple	31.0	41.6
Self-imposed expectations	75.0	84.4

Interesting, eh?

Comments

[Another Damned Medievalist]

Well, I'm not all *that* surprised ...

[Analisa Guzman]

I am surprised that child care is roughly equal...
Interesting!

[camicao]

I second Analisa's comment. What does that mean? And discrimination and lack of personal time are the areas of biggest discrepancy between men and women. Hm!

[russianviolets]

Surprising and enlightening, particularly how much more women in general stress. Good to know!

[Edie]

Household responsibilities, lack of personal time, self-imposed expectations. I think these reflect not just some lingering residue of gender inequality, but the continuing legacy of it which is thoroughly embedded in our culture. It would be interesting to see a survey of how many hours of sleep these respondents get, and how much time grooming males and females spend in order to make themselves ("feel") presentable and professional. I am also interested in what qualifies a 'self-imposed' expectation as opposed to one that has been super-imposed upon in particular a female respondent as a social norm.