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I've been to two mid-tier universities within the last decade, and each one had a professor who would straight up say on the first day of class that they would

I've been to two mid-tier universities within the last decade, and each one had a professor who would straight up say on the first day of class that they would fail any women, because women shouldn't be in science. One was a Biology professor (they were a young earth creationist to boot), the other was a computer science prof. I'm sure the laser focused fury of social media makes universities more wary of having people like this on staff, but still most people don't want to get caught up in that sort of fight. They were quite old though, so there's hope for the future.

CobrastanJorji 9y ago
Within the last decade, in the United States? And they straight up said they'd fail any woman in the class? That's awful. That's so much worse than I thought things were these days.
jlarocco 9y ago
That's so blatant that I have a hard time believing it. If that's really true, it's a jackpot discrimination lawsuit waiting to happen, and I hope it happens sooner rather than later. Completely unacceptable.
- no897nhtoeui 9y ago
  > That's so blatant that I have a hard time believing it. That's what I thought about those videos of guys following a woman around as she walked down the streets of New York City minding her own business.[0] I had never witnessed that sort of thing and thought, "There's no way this goes on that often or I'd see it." And yet, dozens of female friends confirmed that it happens all the time. I was like, "Why have you never mentioned this?" They just said it happens too often and there's not a lot you can do about it, plus half the time other people don't believe you. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1XGPvbWn0A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1XGPvbWn0A
msla 9y ago
Tenure is a powerful force. It makes professors band together, because they know if the concept is weakened for political reasons, any one of them could be next, especially in this era of universities looking to replace tenured faculty with non-tenured grad students.

CobrastanJorji 9y ago

Within the last decade, in the United States? And they straight up said they'd fail any woman in the class? That's awful. That's so much worse than I thought things were these days.

jlarocco 9y ago

That's so blatant that I have a hard time believing it. If that's really true, it's a jackpot discrimination lawsuit waiting to happen, and I hope it happens sooner rather than later. Completely unacceptable.

no897nhtoeui 9y ago
> That's so blatant that I have a hard time believing it. That's what I thought about those videos of guys following a woman around as she walked down the streets of New York City minding her own business.[0] I had never witnessed that sort of thing and thought, "There's no way this goes on that often or I'd see it." And yet, dozens of female friends confirmed that it happens all the time. I was like, "Why have you never mentioned this?" They just said it happens too often and there's not a lot you can do about it, plus half the time other people don't believe you. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1XGPvbWn0A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1XGPvbWn0A

msla 9y ago

Tenure is a powerful force. It makes professors band together, because they know if the concept is weakened for political reasons, any one of them could be next, especially in this era of universities looking to replace tenured faculty with non-tenured grad students.