Reflective and Intersectional Narratives of Diverse Women in Postgraduate Studies in Accounting Sciences

Records, Reports and Propositions

Abstract

Diversity studies present accounting as an area historically known for being masculine, masculinizing and oppressive to dissident bodies. The image of the “ideal accounting standard” is that of a white, cisgender, heterosexual and non-disabled man, harming the experiences of minority groups who need to seek resistance strategies to remain in these accounting environments. In view of the above, the objective of our article is to narrate and reflect the experiences of diverse women in postgraduate studies in Accounting Sciences, through narrative, triethnographic, reflective and intersectional research. To interpret the information shared, we used reflexivity that contributed to understanding the performance of our personal identities in academia, as well as recognizing our privileges, intersectional crossings, and denouncing the oppressions we experienced in our academic trajectories. In our study, we present feelings of not belonging to the doctoral course, harassment and prejudice, practiced by white and cisgender fellow students and professors. There are methodological contributions, with the presentation of triethnographic narrative research, in a movement of records, complaints and propositions and practical contributions through the proposition of institutional actions for the access and permanence of diverse women in postgraduate courses in Accounting Sciences in Brazil.