It's important for us to talk about #sexualharassment openly with our students. And that our male colleagues be our allies in this.https://twitter.com/ladyxscience/status/917389333832794112 …
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but usually the discussion goes much easier. I don't think it is because *I* am better at having this conversation, but I have
always suspected that my engineering students (same 3:1 gender ratio) find it more persuasive when I (a man) asserts this is a problem.
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Whereas I have heard from female colleagues that they get pushback of the "this can't be common" sort when they talk about this.
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When I assert it is common, it seems to be taken as reliable. Which is itself pretty reflective of part of the problem!
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But it only underscores the need for esp. male professors, to talk about this, I think. Even if that difference *shouldn't* matter.
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YES! 1st-thank you for teaching this; 2nd-exactly what you said. Men talk about it not as victims (usually) so students hear better.
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The context I tend to talk about this is when I teach Intro to STS, and I use Traweek's "Pilgrim's Progress" article along w/current event.
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The combination of the two works well b/c Traweek's article is "old" (for them), but describes a systemic arrangement that endures, and
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the "academic sexual harasser/predator of the season" article reinforces that endurance.
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Gross--"of the season" is right. Really good idea, too. In Bagioli, but in her Beamtimes and Lifetimes:http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674063488&content=toc …
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