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A friend of mine was sexually assaulted by a man who would be a very likely reviewer for her papers. It basically forced her out of the field. This would be an
by superb-owl 4y ago
A friend of mine was sexually assaulted by a man who would be a very likely reviewer for her papers. It basically forced her out of the field.
This would be an important step forward.
- flangola7 4y agoThat's horrible
- hedora 4y agoThat’s horrible, but she could have just listed him as a conflict when submitting (at least in CS; I assume all fields allow authors to disclose reviewers with conflicts). In the worst case, a PC chair would occasionally ask about it, so it would follow him for years.
- saghm 4y agoGiven that this person already has shown they don't care about harming others, it seems reasonable to be worried about retaliation if they found out they were being listed as a conflict. I'm not sure about anyone else, but I don't think I'd personally be willing to bet my safety on the hope that putting someone down as a conflict wouldn't leak somehow; all it would take is one person to not realize the severity of the reason they were listed to get curious and ask their colleague in their field if they knew why they were listed as a "conflict".
- flangola7 4y agoMaybe if she was "just" willing to risk her physical safety.