I'm not an expert on this problem, so I don't even feel comfortable addressing what the solution is. I appreciated the #YesAllWomen hashtag, I think it generated a necessary conversation, hopefully among all people. I agree with you about lack of education. Our society probably doesn't talk about sex openly enough and I would support having age appropriate sex education earlier in the curriculum. But overall, I just think our society still has a lot of growing up to do in regards to the nature of patriarchy, the objectification of women, and generally getting all males to realize that women are equally persons. The sad fact is that there are a lot of guys out there who just can't get that through their heads and simply see women as some type of toy or commodity. As a male, it is incredibly embarrassing to see.
My original point was going to be to ask how to combat this within science fields and if you've ever witnessed anything of the sort, but then I got side-tracked towards the root basis so my question got warped. It's definitely a problem in engineering too, especially when I worked as an Environmental Engineer for a few months. One interesting part of that article to me was that perpetrators are more likely to be superiors which could speak more towards a lust for power or desire to assert superiority and reaffirm their position. Has anyone here had a boss that was openly sexist, misogynistic, or otherwise mistreated the opposite gender? (Male to Female or vice versa). If so, how did you handle the situation?
I've actually kind of experience this with an old supervisor. The situation it puts you in is almost impossible. On the one hand you have almost no connections (and connections are everything), so you don't want to burn any bridges. But on the other hand it is impossible to feel comfortable and actually continue performing/operating on the same level when you feel like you're being harassed or feel like that is a possibility. No one should have to be put in that position. It's pretty de-humanizing.Has anyone here had a boss that was openly sexist, misogynistic, or otherwise mistreated the opposite gender? (Male to Female or vice versa). If so, how did you handle the situation?