Analyzed July 2019

Survey Demographics 

Total Responses: 863

Instances of Microaggressions

Methodology: 

• Assign values: 
  • Frequently=3
  • Occasionally=2
  • Rarely=1
  • Never=0
• Average values for each population
• Only report on statistically significant comparisons 

Heard demeaning remarks about an identity that you hold

• Women experience 11.9% more than men 
• Within women: 
  • Black women experience 14.6% more than all women
  • Hispanic/Latinx women experience 8.8% more than all women 
  • API women experience 1.3% less than all women 
  • White women experience 6.4% less than all women 
• Within men: 
  • Black men experience 14.8% more than all men 
  • Hispanic/Latinx men experience 8.8% more than all men 
  • API men experience 19.1% less than all men 
  • White men experience 6.7% less than all men 
  • Gay and Bisexual men experience 11% more than all men 

Had your competence questioned in your area of expertise

• Women experience 40.6% more than men 
• Within women: 
  • Black women experience 15.5% more than all women
  • Hispanic/Latinx women experience 6.9% more than all women 
  • API women experience 2.7% more than all women 
  • White women experience 6.6% less than all women 
• Within men: 
  • Black men experience 26.9% more than all men 
  • Hispanic/Latinx men experience 10.5% more than all men 
  • API men experience 13.7% less than all men 
  • White men experience 14.3% less than all men 

Had your passion or enthusiasm interpreted as aggression

• Women experience 14.9% more than men 
• Within women: 
  • Black women experience 26.9% more than all women
  • Hispanic/Latinx women experience 7.7% more than all women 
  • API women experience 12.3% less than all women 
  • White women experience 5.9% less than all women 
• Within men: 
  • Black men experience 27.0% more than all men 
  • Hispanic/Latinx men experience 26.7% more than all men 
  • API men experience 22.2% less than all men 
  • White men experience 17.2% less than all men 

Been spoken to unprofessionally

• Women experience 14.6% more than men 
• Within women: 
  • Black women experience 10.3% more than all women
  • Hispanic/Latinx women experience 5.2% more than all women 
  • API women experience 1.5% less than all women 
  • White women experience 3.5% less than all women 
• Within men: 
  • Black men experience 15.7% more than all men 
  • Hispanic/Latinx men experience 11.6% less than all men 
  • API men experience 17.2% less than all men 
  • White men experience 1.7% less than all men 

Had people assume you are in a more junior role than you are

• Women experience 34.2% more than men 
• Within women: 
  • Black women experience 10.0% more than all women
  • Hispanic/Latinx women experience 7.1% more than all women 
  • API women experience 5.6% more than all women 
  • White women experience 6.5% less than all women 
• Within men: 
  • Black men experience 29.1% more than all men 
  • Hispanic/Latinx men experience 7.8% more than all men 
  • API men experience 2.0% less than all men 
  • White men experience 18.6% less than all men 

Been told you are “well-spoken” or “articulate”

• Women experience 0.5% more than men 
• Within women: 
  • Black women experience 27.6% more than all women
  • Hispanic/Latinx women experience 14.0% more than all women 
  • API women experience 3.5% less than all women 
  • White women experience 9.3% less than all women 
• Within men: 
  • Black men experience 34.1% more than all men 
  • Hispanic/Latinx men experience 3.3% less than all men 
  • API men experience 14.8% less than all men 
  • White men experience 14.4% less than all men 

Your contributions have been ignored or attributed to someone else

• Women experience 27.5% more than men 
• Within women: 
  • Black women experience 13.9% more than all women
  • Hispanic/Latinx women experience 1.1% less than all women 
  • API women experience 1.2% more than all women 
  • White women experience 5.1% less than all women 
• Within men: 
  • Black men experience 26.0% more than all men 
  • Hispanic/Latinx men experience 6.6% more than all men 
  • API men experience 12.3% less than all men 
  • White men experience 10.7% less than all men 

Been talked over or interrupted

• Women experience 30.6% more than men 
• Within women: 
  • Black women experience 1.0% more than all women
  • Hispanic/Latinx women experience 1.3% less than all women 
  • API women experience 2.5% more than all women 
  • White women experience 0.4% more than all women 
• Within men: 
  • Black men experience 11.9% more than all men 
  • Hispanic/Latinx men experience 12.9% less than all men 
  • API men experience 2.0% more than all men 
  • White men experience 5.1% less than all men