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thenewgreen  ·  3786 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Young Scientists Say They're Sexually Abused In The Field

    In a survey of scientists engaged in field research, the majority — 64 percent — said they had personally experienced sexual harassment while at a field site, and 22 percent reported being the victim of sexual assault.
theadvancedapes, I wanted to make sure you read this as I recall us having discussions in the past regarding sexual harassment in science.

Those numbers seem shockingly high. It later says that the sample was from 666 scientists mostly in the field of anthro.