• Dr_Nik@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    I also am glad you got the support. I’m constantly reminded of a friend in college who was going through an electrical engineering undergrad with me. She got all the material so easily and literally dragged me through the classes. I wouldn’t have passed some key topics without her help. Fast forward a few years and I’m getting my PhD and I decide to see what she is up to: she ended up quitting her PhD program because of the insane abuse and misogyny she experienced in the department and instead changed to a masters in music. This was a woman who could easily have made field changing discoveries but was shut down because of close minded individuals. It still makes me rage and is the reason I work so much harder now to ensure my female colleagues and employees have an equal voice at the table.

    • SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      4 hours ago

      Sad to say, but that’s a familiar story.

      It’s great that you’re now making efforts to right that sort of wrong now!