Abstract
A widespread culture of sexual harassment drives women away from science careers and perpetuates a gender gap, according to a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering & Medicine. Large percentages of women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields report being harassed. That includes 50% of female faculty and staff and 20 to 50% of students, the report says. “The cumulative effect of sexual harassment is a significant and costly loss of talent in science, engineering, and medicine,” says committee member Lilia Cortina, a University of Michigan psychology professor who has studied harassment. Targets of harassment report lower job satisfaction and often withdraw from or quit their jobs, the report says. Others report depression or posttraumatic stress. STEM fields, including chemistry, are particularly vulnerable to sexual harassment because men still far outnumber women in faculty and leadership positions, and students usually rely on a single adviser
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