In this diploma thesis, I focus on toxic masculinity at the University of Ljubljana. I present various forms of masculinity and present the university as a gendered institution with a long male-oriented history. I present the different leadership styles of organizations and the leadership style of universities. In my thesis, I describe protective, toxic practices that are at work at the university. Those practices include discriminatory practices, gendered curriculum, gendered knowledge and gendered teaching. I present discriminatory practices as toxic, silent practices of hegemonic masculinity that reinforce male dominance over women. These practices can be direct or indirect, and university co-creates and reproduces them. Such practices are an obstacle to quality research, work and teaching. In addition, these practices portray the university as the protector of patriarchal relations. I describe vertical and horizontal segregation at the University of Ljubljana. Discriminatory practices are presented at the individual, organizational, institutional and cultural levels. Through interviews with employees at the University of Ljubljana and through the statistics obtained, I present how toxic masculinity manifests itself at the University of Ljubljana.
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