MORAL HARASSMENT AND GENDER IN THE UNIVERSITY: RESONANCES OF PRODUCTIVISM IN TEACHING WORK

This study tracked signs of moral harassment at a Brazilian federal university, seeking to identify offensive situations suffered by men and women. The Revised Negative Acts Questionnaire and a sociodemographic and occupational form were applied to 35 female teachers and 41 male teachers. The analysis of the events and frequency indicated that among the 76 participants 38.2% suffered moral harassment (15.7% women and 22.5% men) and 15.8% were the target of specific aggressions/psychological violence (11.9% women and 3.9% men). There was no gender preponderance among the aggressors, indicating an organizational culture marked by the ideology of virility. Colleagues in the same hierarchical condition were the main perpetrators. The discrepancy between the subjective perception of having been subject to harassment (60% women and 47.8% men) and the analysis of negative acts demonstrates the need for welcoming and organizational policies to face violence at work.