Sexual harassment disproportionately affects ecology and evolution graduate students with multiple marginalized identities in the United States

被引：6

作者：

Wilkins, Kate ^{[1
,2
]}

Carroll, Sarah L. ^{[3
,4
]}

Davis, Kristin P. ^{[5
,6
]}

Hauptfeld, Rina ^{[3
,4
]}

Jones, Megan S. ^{[7
,8
]}

Larson, Courtney L. ^{[9
]}

Laverty, Theresa M. ^{[5
,10
,11
]}

Pejchar, Liba ^{[5
,6
]}

机构：

[1] Denver Zoos Field Conservat Dept, Denver, CO 80205 USA

[2] Colorado State Univ CSU, Dept Biol, Ft Collins, CO 80523 USA

[3] CSU, Dept Ecosyst Sci & Sustainabil, Ft Collins, CO USA

[4] CSU, Grad Degree Program Ecol, Ft Collins, CO USA

[5] CSU, Dept Fish Wildlife & Conservat Biol, Ft Collins, CO USA

[6] CSU, GDPE, Ft Collins, CO USA

[7] Oregon State Univ, Dept Fisheries Wildlife & Conservat Sci, Corvallis, OR USA

[8] Oregon State Univ, Oregon Cooperat Fish & Wildlife Res Unit, Corvallis, OR USA

[9] Nature Conservancy, Lander, WY USA

[10] Evolut Univ Chicago, Dept Ecol, Chicago, IL USA

[11] New Mexico State Univ, Dept Fish Wildlife & Conservat Ecol, Las Cruces, NM USA

来源：

BIOSCIENCE | 2023年 / 73卷 / 05期

关键词：

ecology and evolutionary biology; equity and inclusion; intersectionality; #MeToo movement; sexual harassment; TRANSGENDER PEOPLE; WOMEN; EXPERIENCES; SCIENCE; GENDER; ASSAULT; IMPACT; CONSEQUENCES; ANTECEDENTS; BARRIERS;

D O I：

10.1093/biosci/biad032

中图分类号：

Q [生物科学];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

Sexual harassment within academic institutions has profound impacts that may lead to the attrition of groups historically excluded from the biological sciences and related disciplines. To understand sexual harassment's effects on vulnerable communities within academia, we examined graduate student experiences with sexual harassment. In a survey of ecology and evolutionary biology programs across the United States, we found that 38% of the graduate student respondents were sexually harassed during their time in these programs. Sexual harassment disproportionately affected graduate students with multiple intersecting marginalized identities, and these experiences led to delays in completing graduate programs and shifts away from their desired careers. Our research highlights the need for academic institutions, and science more broadly, to make widespread changes to sexual harassment policies, including treating sexual harassment as scientific misconduct and creating resources for individuals within students' informal support networks, in tandem with efforts to dismantle barriers to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion.

引用

页码：376 / 387

页数：12