Gender inequality persists
The glass ceiling is somewhat more permeable at art and music colleges than at universities and universities of applied sciences. Nevertheless, discrimination persists, as a study by a German competence center for women in science and research shows.
At almost 60 percent, the proportion of female students and graduates at German art and music colleges is higher than at universities, although there are clear differences between individual subjects. For example, stereotypes and cultural codes lead to a gender-specific choice of instruments or the attribution of creativity and mastery to a different gender distribution in the individual subjects (for example jazz/popular music, composition, percussion or harp).
These subject-related differences continue among academic and artistic staff. Overall, the proportion of female professors here is 32% (2018), but only 25% at German universities of music. The glass ceiling, measured by the ratio of female students to female professors, is also more impermeable at universities of music than at universities of fine arts.
Link to the study: https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/70674
