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Sexual Harassment Is Common In Scientific Fieldwork

Posted by Soulskill on from the communities-that-needs-fixing dept.

sciencehabit writes: Universities and other workplaces have codes of conduct guarding against sexual harassment. But what about the more casual venue of scientific fieldwork—which is also a workplace? A new survey finds that sexual harassment and assaults occur frequently in the field, with little consequence for the perpetrators or explicit prohibitions against such conduct. The study reveals that the primary targets were young women who were harassed, assaulted, and even raped by men who were usually senior to them in rank, although men also reported harassment.

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  1. Boobies by Prien715 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Scientist A: Show me pictures of your boobies!
    Scientist B: They're really big

    My hobby: Making clean jokes.

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  2. Fieldwork in particular? by Krishnoid · · Score: 5, Funny

    SKINNER: Six hours, nineteen minutes, right ascension, fourteen degrees, twenty-two minutes declination... no sighting.

    BART: Mm-hm.

    SKINNER: Six hours, nineteen minutes, right ascension, fourteen degrees, twenty-three minutes declination... no sighting.

    BART: Mm-hm.

    ...

    SKINNER: (excitedly) Six hours, nineteen minutes, right ascension, fourteen degrees, fifty-eight minutes declination! ...no sighting. Did you get that one Bart?

    BART: Hell no.

    I can't imagine why scientific fieldwork in particular could provide an environment that promotes inappropriate behavior.

  3. Re:Some people are jerks by The+Grim+Reefer · · Score: 5, Funny

    Not all Sexual harassment isn't illegal.

    I'm not sure if what you hadn't stated isn't what you didn't think you couldn't have meant.