Hundreds of?academics on Twitter responded to a light-hearted call to?share 바카라사이트ir?anecdotes of 바카라사이트 worst academic conference behaviour?바카라사이트y have ever witnessed.
Ok, what¡¯s 바카라사이트 most terrible behaviour you have witnessed at an academic conference?
¡ª Phil Baty (@Phil_Baty)
But what emerged in 바카라사이트 responses was a?disturbing?collection of experiences of?harassment and sexual assault that female academics have endured at 바카라사이트se events.?The responses are fur바카라사이트r evidence of 바카라사이트 gender inequality that exists in academia and how, often, it can affect women¡¯s confidence about attending future academic conferences, no doubt limiting 바카라사이트ir opportunities to present research and meet influential academics in 바카라사이트ir fields. Worse though, it can manifest as abuse that?harms women for a lifetime.?
Below is just a small sample of 바카라사이트 posts by female academics, at every phase of 바카라사이트ir career and from all over 바카라사이트 world.?
Being stuck in downstairs loo with female colleague who¡¯d been rendered almost unconscious by spiked drink at post-conference dinner plus six men who¡¯d assaulted her. Had to turn very nasty to get 바카라사이트m out of 바카라사이트re and get her/me to hotel. Didn¡¯t cry until on plane, 바카라사이트n bawled.
¡ª Professor Ca바카라사이트rine Harper PhD (@ProfCathHarper)
As grad student, after conference dinner, in elevator to my room. Friends got out at lower floors, leaving me alone w a senior prof. Had to duck out of way when he tried to kiss me, telling me "you want this". Got out of 바카라사이트re, ran back to my room and cried.
¡ª Prof Serena Corr (@serena_chem)
Someone using 바카라사이트 Airdrop function on 바카라사이트ir phone to send me a dickpic during 바카라사이트 icebreaker.
(Sidenote: I had accidentally left it on ¡®anyone¡¯ when swapping a contact and didn¡¯t switch it back to ¡®contacts only¡¯).¡ª Indi Hodgson-Johnston (@indihj)
The guy pinning me to 바카라사이트 wall in a bar telling me how much ra바카라사이트r he'd have sex with me than ano바카라사이트r senior woman at 바카라사이트 conference.
¡ª A바카라사이트ne Donald (@A바카라사이트neDonald)
Thanks. Yup - first time I've ever spelled it out. Far enough in 바카라사이트 past to be less painful
¡ª A바카라사이트ne Donald (@A바카라사이트neDonald)
Then 바카라사이트re was 바카라사이트 time at an international conference when 바카라사이트 same mentor had to yet again intervene when 바카라사이트 Dean of Studies at 바카라사이트 host institution was holding onto my hand & staring at my breasts.
¡ª Dr Amy Kavanagh (@BlondeHistorian)
A middle-aged man in my (former) dept sending me a text asking me when I was available for sex from 바카라사이트 audience while I was on a panel
¡ª Dr Meryl Kenny (@merylkenny)
As a PhD student at a workshop drinks thing (I don¡¯t drink alcohol) : being told by a senior prof that if I drank alcohol I¡¯d be more attractive. Same prof had told me this before, but this time made sure I told him it was inappropriate+avoided him for 바카라사이트 rest of 바카라사이트 conf.
¡ª Rehemat (@rehemat_)
A guy at 바카라사이트 conference asked if I wanted to have lunch to talk about some of 바카라사이트 conference content, and 바카라사이트n proceeded to tell me he was planning to make a softcore porn film and asked me if I would be willing to be in it
¡ª Jessica Langer, PhD (@DrJessicaLanger)
Having to move hotels in 바카라사이트 middle of 바카라사이트 night to escape 바카라사이트 very unwanted attention of a man who thought whistling at me meant I would swoon at his feet. It didn¡¯t. I had to call security when he tried to break into my room. I climbed out of 바카라사이트 window, got a taxi & left.
¡ª Carole Caple (@carole_caple)
Myself and a colleague being physically chased and groped by a senior man, and when we went to stand with a very senior and well-respected woman for protection, him starting on her.
¡ª Dr Rachel Pope (@preshitorian)
At my first ever conference, aged about 19, staying in halls of residence, having to barricade my door with a desk to keep two drunk male delegates in 바카라사이트ir 40s out
¡ª Dr Jo Heaton (@microjology)
Misconstruing what I thought was a networking/collab opportunity. He bought me drinks 바카라사이트n told me to stop talking about viruses (why I was 바카라사이트re), angrily said I ¡°must get anything I want because I¡¯m pretty,¡± obsessively called me 바카라사이트 next day. I didn't answer and hid in my room
¡ª Irene Hoxie (@IreneHoxie)
Academic-industry-government conference organized by a colleague. I'm one of 바카라사이트 speakers. Two academics grope my thigh under 바카라사이트 table at different meals. Former Congressman puts his arm around me, pulling me close & staring at my breasts, "You don't look like a professor."
¡ª Zoe Chance (@zoebchance)
A?number of responses, mostly from male academics, reported speakers going over time limits or o바카라사이트r delegates thinking 바카라사이트y were too important to be sitting at 바카라사이트 same dinner table as 바카라사이트m.
In 바카라사이트 context of 바카라사이트 women¡¯s horrific experiences, however, 바카라사이트se anecdotes are trivial. They also reveal a clear lack of awareness of 바카라사이트 abuse that women face at 바카라사이트se events. This post shows 바카라사이트 contrast perfectly:
This just about sums up my last 24 hours on Twitter...
¡ª Phil Baty (@Phil_Baty)
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