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i'd like to welcome all of you to this
convocation
on the most important topic together
we can do better certainly addressing
sexual harassment
the best estimates are about 50
of women faculty and staff
experience sexual harassment and those
numbers have not really
shifted over time
if you think about science right now we
have a system that is built on
dependence
really singular dependence of trainees
whether they
are medical students whether they are
undergraduates or if they're graduate
students
on faculty for their funding for their
futures
and that really sets up a dynamic that
is
highly problematic it really
creates an environment in which
harassment can occur
generally speaking sexual forms of
sexual harassment like come ons
unwanted sexual advances those are
actually the rarest forms
of sexual harassment they actually don't
happen very much mostly you see
put-downs we use the metaphor
of an iceberg to really get across
the various forms of sexual harassment
what's gotten most of the attention is
unwanted sexual attention coercion
those are in the public eye and i think
everyone would agree we'd absolutely
need to address those
and then you have all the stuff that's
underneath
those are actually more than 90 of the
sexual harassment
you know the subtle exclusions being
left off an email
not being invited to a collaboration
where you're the clear expert
just these little moments that make a
woman feel like she doesn't belong
that's a really common experience
we found that consistent gender
harassment
actually has the same impact as
a single episode of
unwanted sexual attention or coercion
so it is not something to be ignored
you