Tuesday, March 19, 2019
Female Economists Report Rampant Sexual Harassment And Gender Discrimination
Following up on my previous posts:
- Women Economists Face A 'Toxic' Work Environment (Aug. 22, 2017)
- New York Times, Women Force A Reckoning Over Bias In Economics (Jan. 12, 2018)
- New York Times, Female Economists Push Their Field Toward A #MeToo Reckoning (Jan. 15, 2019)
A new survey and accompanying letter from the American Economic Association reveal rampant sexual harassment and gender and racial discrimination in the economics profession.
- Bloomberg, Almost Half of Female U.S. Economists Report Sex Discrimination
- Inside Higher Ed, Survey of Members of Economics Association Finds 48 Percent of Women Have Been Discriminated Against
- New York Times, Women in Economics Report Rampant Sexual Assault and Bias
- Wall Street Journal, Female Economists, in Survey, Cite Gender Discrimination
https://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2019/03/female-economists-report-report-rampant-sexual-harassment-and-gender-discrimination.html
These reports are discouraging for two reasons. First, women should not be harassed for being women. Second, the reports tempt people making hiring decisions to disfavor women illegally because of potential harassment claims. This second factor increases every time a false complaint is publicized. People who selfishly make false claims need to grow a conscience.
Posted by: AMTbuff | Mar 19, 2019 11:37:54 AM