A Study of Gender based Micro-Aggressions at Workplace

Microaggressions are concealed behaviors in interactions at workplaces. They are observed to happen on a day to day basis. These are hidden and are forms of discriminatory behaviors. Targeted employees feel their energy zapped out and therefore are unable to perform to their utmost. This affects workplace productivity and is unconscious in nature. Women face more gender Microaggressions than men do. Examining gender discrimination in the workplace via the lens of Microaggressions provides a unique opportunity. There is a need to assess a wide spectrum of sexist experiences, from subtle to overt, expanding the scope of most previous frameworks. Racist insults targeted at women resolutely pain the individual. This study addresses the literature gap of lack of research on gender discrimination based on stereotyping in the workplace leading to Microaggressions. Qualitative research methodology is used in this paper.