Women fleeing U of Colorado philosophy department’s rampant sex harassment: report

[unhappycamper]

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/01/31/women-fleeing-u-of-colorado-philosophy-departments-rampant-sex-harassment-report/

Women fleeing U of Colorado philosophy department’s rampant sex harassment: report
By Scott Kaufman
Friday, January 31, 2014 15:39 EST

The University of Colorado Boulder removed the chair of the philosophy department and suspended graduate student admissions for two years after a report found evidence that “the department maintains an environment with unacceptable sexual harassment, inappropriate sexualized unprofessional behavior and divisive uncivil behavior.”

The report by the American Philosophical Association’s Committee on the Status of Women begins by noting that “(t)he philosophical community at University of Colorado Boulder is proud of its high quality” before describing a community that few would consider to be any quality other than poor.

“Some assistant and full professors,” the study reads, “report responding to this situation by working from home, dropping out of departmental life, and avoiding socializing with colleagues. Several faculty members’ reputations for bad behavior place a higher service work burden on colleagues. Women are leaving or trying to leave in disproportionate numbers.”

“The female graduate students,” it continues, “report being anxious, demoralized and depressed.”

[Skittles]

1. I just deal with any harrassment I have faced

I have five brothers, was in the military and have long worked in a field dominated by men.........I don't find them that hard to deal with but you have to trash the offenders at their own level

Examples:

When I was in the military I was just walking on a sidewalk on base and a guy purposely moved to impede my path, got really close and said, "I bet you're real purty pink inside." See, a guy wearing sandals should never say that to a gal in combat boots. I stomped his foot as hard as I could, and left him hopping on one leg and screaming, and moved on my merry way. Bet he thought twice before doing that to another gal.

A couple of decades ago I did a stint in a hardware unit, and the men there absolutely resented being told to train a woman.......I had a locker assigned, close to theirs. Of course one morning I opened it to see a Playboy centerfold tacked on the door. I showed no reaction but inwardly I was very pleased because OMG that was my cue. I later knocked on the door of a couple of gay neighbors, and asked for a bunch of magazine pictures of nude men, preferably very well-endowed and very hairy. I went to work very early and papered their lockers with those pictures. You should have heard all the screaming and hollering. After that they ceased with the sexist bullshit, save for a few off-color jokes which really do not bother me. PROBLEM SOLVED!!!

[unhappycamper]

2. Don't mess with the Skittles

[Skittles]

3. I know I am an outlier

but I really wish I could teach women to be more combative

[unhappycamper]

4. Old white men and religious nutz are threatened by anyone who stands up to them.

Ya gotta give 'em credit: they pursue their 'War on Women' and the 'War on Gays' and the 'War on Science' and the 'War on our economy' relentlessly.

[Skittles]

5. I always wonder where they find the time

I don't even have kids and constantly feel like I don't have enough time

[Stargazer09]

6. Lots of love to you

I wish I had been more combative when I was younger.

[Skittles]

7. I think you have to learn very young

here I am at 14 months after I smacked my 2 year old brother for calling me fat


guys have simply never intimidated me

[unhappycamper]

8. .

Don't mess with the Skittles.

[niyad]

9. wow, one would think it was the air force academy or something!