noxious fumes in a mine and you certainly don't bring in more canaries to fix the problem. If you department has a sexism/abuse problem fix
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Canaries dying in a mine means the air is toxic. Fix the air don't kill more birds!
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the thing is that it's awesome for some and horrible for others.
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Privilege is a strong drug.
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yeah i remember when i complained about this on fb just to be lectured by 2 guys on our floor, sth like "lol, where did YOU see such psychos
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I understand the canary argument but that would depend on the proportion of women in the department, won't it? Also, I'm not a fk canary!

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Yes, if you fire all the men and replace them with women you might see an improvement but like I said the behaviours are seen in women too
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— real change has to be systemic!
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I agree. That IS a very relevant point. Women are the problem too. Either because they are "canaries" or simply indifferent.
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I recently complained to my college admin about sexism and they sent a sr woman faculty to convince me why there wasn't sexism in college

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Not just academia. Private & govt't too. Discouraging but we must make noise. "If more ppl were screaming then I could relax"
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