Institutional barriers of gender and Jewish origin blockaded women in German academia

Evidence

First she was blocked from one formal position at the University of Göttingen because she was a woman. Then, when another came up in Hamburg, she did not even apply because she felt sure that her Jewish origin would be a problem: the department already had two Jewish philosophers and that appeared to be the limit. — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café, 167

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Anti-intellectualism and academic exclusion silence Black women from both ends; Women face extra barriers to mentorship, and mixed-gender professional relationships get sexualized — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update: Celebrity, Publicity,…, 698; Socialist academics were rare and stigmatized in German universities — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 26 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Socialist academics were rare and stigmatized in German universities #corroborates (0.80) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 26
• Anti-intellectualism and academic exclusion silence Black women from both ends #corroborates (0.78)
• Women face extra barriers to mentorship, and mixed-gender professional relationships get sexualized #expands (0.72) — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 698
• Women’s exclusion from authority stems from learned passivity, not innate inferiority #expands (0.72) — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café, 673