Abstract Research has shown that gender inequalities are evident in higher education in engineering due to an adverse climate for women. In India, the reproduction of gendered norms among students in elite engineering institutes is seldom expected and is also under-researched. This article studies whether informal relations at the undergraduate level reproduce traditional patriarchal socio-cultural norms evident within Indian society or reflect changes therein. It uses both quantitative and qualitative methods to collect data from men and women undergraduate students in an elite Indian engineering institute. The findings affirm that the power derived from the association of men with technology overlaps with the power derived from the social structure. These aspects, combined with a lack of critical mass of women in such engineering institutes, result in the hegemony of men and men’s practices adversely affecting the position of women. It argues for a greater emphasis on gender equality in such campuses.

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父权制得到加强还是受到挑战？对印度精英学院工程专业学生的研究

摘要 研究表明，由于女性所处的不利环境，在工程高等教育中存在明显的性别不平等。在印度，在精英工程学院的学生中性别规范的再现很少被预料到，而且也没有得到充分研究。本文研究了本科阶段的非正式关系是否再现了印度社会中明显的传统父权社会文化规范或反映了其中的变化。它使用定量和定性方法从印度精英工程学院的男女本科生中收集数据。研究结果证实，源自男性与技术关联的权力与源自社会结构的权力重叠。这些方面，再加上这些工程学院缺乏足够数量的女性，导致男性的霸权和男性的行为对女性的地位产生不利影响。它主张在此类校园中更加重视性别平等。