Sexual harassment is pervasive in US physics programmes

In a survey of women pursuing US undergraduate degrees in physics, nearly three-quarters report having experienced at least one type of sexual harassment during their science studies. The survey results mesh with those from a major 2018 report3 by the US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, which concluded that sexual harassment in academic science is pervasive and severe, and that it harms the careers of women. The latest study did not explore levels of harassment that are specific to women of colour or people with non-binary sexual identities.

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