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This excellent illustration, “The hostile obstacle course that #women & BIPOC have to endure in academia” is making the rounds again & it’s always worth resharing.

Also, this applies to far, far more than careers in #science. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-021-00868-0

Scientists from historically excluded groups face a hostile obstacle course - Nature Geoscience

Inclusive and equitable geoscience requires identification and removal of structural barriers to participation. Replacing the leaky pipeline metaphor with that of a hostile obstacle course demands that those with power take the lead.
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in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum

yes, it's me, liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦
yes, it's me, liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦
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my experience. that's why am not in academia anymore. the racist, sexist, classist abuse was just too much after 10 years. am still bitter.
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Negative12DollarBill
Negative12DollarBill
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I feel like I've seen that before labelled "but it's the same distance!"
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Would be closer to reality if the left side was an escalator
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Tofu Golem
Tofu Golem
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And many white people look at the fact that they are better off as evidence they are superior.
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Carl Anthony
Carl Anthony
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we have a series about this very topic where we interview women in automotive and related tech fields:
https://www.autovision-news.com/breaking-barriers/

Most all of my women colleagues and friends have experienced the graphic you have posted and would be able to relate.

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aberl🏳️‍🌈✅
aberl🏳️‍🌈✅
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it is also ableist because important rooms are only accessible over stairs and disabled people are not even on the picture
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Voron
Voron
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these days Florida & Texas might be a bit worse for academics than some other states if one were to put things on a sliding scale by state
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F
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is that “easy path” why Men are almost 3 times more likely to commit suicide than women? I’m fully against the right wing ideology that women are limited in their roles, but to pretend it’s easy for all “white guys” is disingenuous. Corrupt people who care nothing more about their success come in all shapes and colours.
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Sheril Kirshenbaum
Sheril Kirshenbaum
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It’s wild that there are a few folks commenting that there aren’t real distinct obstacles for women & BIPOC. /2
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shom 🐧📷🤿🏔️🪚
shom 🐧📷🤿🏔️🪚
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it's not wild at all, you're just stumbling across the sources of the obstacles.
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Beverley
Beverley
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I don't know where to start with this @Sheril

From being told I didn't get a promotion because "David has a family to support..." (needless to say, he got the post) to "... someone at your level can't job-share" post maternity leave, (there was no mention of grades in the HR manual) and so much in between...

Oh yes, and the female HR officer who said it "happened to me" when I complained about a poor salary offer post maternity leave - implying you can suck it up too.

Pfffttt...

@Sheril Kirshenbaum
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Alyson Decker
Alyson Decker
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And in the Legal and Aerospace industries too… honestly everywhere.
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Nichelle Seely
Nichelle Seely
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One of the things I heard a lot of was that women are 'too emotional' to be leaders, or in positions of responsibility. I can't tell you how many times I had to sit in a meeting with my rational poker face while the men who were my "superiors" yelled and banged the table because things were not going the way that they wanted.

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