Do we really want to keep the gate threshold that high?
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Date
2021
Authors
Brooks, Grace
Pras, Amandine
Elafros, Athena
Lockett, Monica
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Abstract
Drawing upon the survey instruments of Lewis and Neville [1], Nadal [2], and Yang and Carroll [3], we conducted an online survey that captured experiences of discrimination and microaggressions reported by 387 recording engineers, producers, and studio assistants living in 46 different countries. Our statistical analyses reveal highly significant and systemic gender inequalities within the field, e.g., cisgender women experience many more sexually inappropriate comments (p < e-14, large effect size) and unwanted comments about their physical appearance (p < e-12, large effect size) than do cisgender men, and they are much more likely to face challenges to their authority (p < e-13, large effect size) and expertise (p < e-10, large effect size). A comparison of our results with a study about women’s experiences of microaggressions within STEM academia [3] indicates that the recording studio workplace scores 33% worse on the silencing and maginalization of women, 33% worse on gender-related workplace microaggressions, and 24% worse on sexual objectification. These findings call for serious reflection on the part of the community to progress from awareness to collective action that will unlock the control room for women and other marginalized groups of studio professionals.
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Gold open access article
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Recording studio workplace , Workplace microaggressions , Gender inequalities
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Brooks, G., Pras, A., Elafros, A., & Lockett, M. (2021). Do we really want to keep the gate threshold that high? Journal of Audio Engineering Society, 69(4), 238-260. https://doi.org/10.17743/jaes.2020.0074