We know that women students and staff remain underrepresented in Higher Education STEM disciplines. Even in subjects where equivalent numbers of men and women participate, however, many women are still disadvantaged by everyday sexism. Our recent research found that women who study STEM subjects at undergraduate level in England were up to twice as likely as non-STEM students to have experienced sexism. The main perpetrators of this sexism were not university staff, however, but were men STEM degree students.

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    10 months ago

    That entire post was an ode to Internalized misogyny.

    Is it a problem? Sure, but I’ll take that over my bosses being sexist.

    Both can be wrong…When someone asks you if you’ve experienced sexism, It isn’t to fill some imaginary, arbitrary quota we’re reaching. No need to omit. No one’s grading your essay here.

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      10 months ago

      Ah yes someone has a different experience?? They must internally hate themselves. 🙄

      I’m not omiting anything, just adding that some privilege comes along with the sexism.

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        10 months ago

        You don’t know what internal misogyny is. This is sounding more and more like a pipe dream of an MRA incel trying to strawperson stories that situations women find themselves in are a privilege of power just so you can misogyny about it.