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redqueen

(115,096 posts)
Mon Apr 15, 2013, 01:25 PM Apr 2013

Team reports on abuse of students doing anthropological field work

College athletes are not the only ones who sometimes suffer at the hands of higher ups. A new report brings to light a more hidden and pernicious problem – the psychological, physical and sexual abuse of students in the field of biological anthropology working in field studies far from home.

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"Overwhelmingly, we're seeing junior women being targeted by senior men," Clancy said. "59 percent of respondents have experienced sexual harassment. Women are 3 times more likely to experience harassment than men. And 19 percent of respondents have been sexually assaulted."

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Such working conditions can have devastating effects on the health and wellbeing of those who are targeted and those who witness the abuse, Clancy said. They also force students to choose between their career goals and their desire to speak up for themselves or others.

Clancy and her colleagues noticed that larger, more organized research sites tended to have fewer incidents of abuse, harassment or assault than smaller, less formal fieldwork sites. Those who worked on teams that included women in leadership positions also reported less harassment and abuse. Some respondents said they noticed an uptick in abusive behavior when female leaders were absent.

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http://phys.org/news/2013-04-team-abuse-students-anthropological-fieldwork.html
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Team reports on abuse of students doing anthropological field work (Original Post) redqueen Apr 2013 OP
I will not Helen Reddy Apr 2013 #1
I am not surprised either CountAllVotes Apr 2013 #2

CountAllVotes

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2. I am not surprised either
Mon Apr 15, 2013, 01:51 PM
Apr 2013

I have my Master's degree in Archaeology/Native Am. Studies. When I went into this program (filled with men mind you), they did all they could to be rid of me.

I was told I was an idiot and that no one would ever hire me. However, on a dig, I was the one that found an artifact.

I got a temp. job to record "rock art" and the professor I was studying under was outraged, again calling me a stupid idiot.

I knew it had nothing at all to do with my level of intelligence, it was because I was not one of those good ol' boys out there.



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