Sexual Harassment in the Sciences: A Call to Geoscience Faculty and Researchers to Respond

More troubling, a recent survey of academic fieldwork experiences from the life, physical, and social sciences disciplines (Clancy et al., 2014) reveals that 64% of respondents (n = 666, 78% women) report personally experiencing sexual harassment (i.e., inappropriate or sexual remarks, comments abou...

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Published inJournal of geoscience education Vol. 64; no. 4; pp. 255 - 257
Main Authors St. John, Kristen, Riggs, Eric, Mogk, Dave
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bellingham National Association of Geoscience Teachers 01.11.2016
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Behavior
Bias
Climate
Earth science
Education
Educational Environment
Field study
Geology
Meetings
Researchers
School environment
Sex crimes
Sexual harassment
Students
Teachers
Teaching
Undergraduate Students
Women
Workplace diversity
Workshops
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Summary:More troubling, a recent survey of academic fieldwork experiences from the life, physical, and social sciences disciplines (Clancy et al., 2014) reveals that 64% of respondents (n = 666, 78% women) report personally experiencing sexual harassment (i.e., inappropriate or sexual remarks, comments about physical beauty, cognitive sex differences, or other such jokes) and 22% of the respondents reported being the victim of sexual assault (i.e., physical sexual harassment, unwanted sexual contact, or sexual contact in which they could not or did not give consent, or felt it would be unsafe to fight back or not give consent). [...]there are personal actions we can all take directly in our own workplaces to improve this situation.
ISSN:1089-9995
2158-1428
DOI:10.5408/1089-9995-64.4.255