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Women STEM students up to twice as likely as non-STEM students to have experienced sexism (www.hepi.ac.uk)
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We know that women students and staff remain underrepresented in Higher Education STEM disciplines. Even in subjects where equivalent numbers of men and women participate, however, many women are still disadvantaged by everyday sexism. Our recent research found that women who study STEM subjects at undergraduate level in England were up to twice as likely as non-STEM students to have experienced sexism. The main perpetrators of this sexism were not university staff, however, but were men STEM degree students.

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[-] silverhand@reddthat.com 26 points 2 years ago

Uh.. aren't gay people the only segment likely to face homophobia? Like, you can't be homophobic to a straight person..

[-] sneezycat@sopuli.xyz 25 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Can't you? What about not having "girly" hobbies because that "makes you gay"? Or having to dress a certain way? I feel like straight people aren't excluded from homophobia...

[-] Alto@kbin.social 13 points 2 years ago

I believe they were implying in STEM vs non-STEM

[-] Lemminary@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

STEM students...

[-] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Meh not sure if it counts but an ex-client of mine decided to work out his fox news rage on me about my trans sister-in-law. Don't worry, his manager was informed, the Google maps review of his employer now mentions it, and he really wasn't expecting me when I knocked on his door late one night smirking and telling him what I did.

Christians going to Christian.

[-] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 years ago

I was called gay long before I ever had a gay thought in my head (on account of being prepubescent).

When I was being brutalized by bullies, gay was a generic derisive, associating things with homosexuality, the way cuck (now a generic derisive) associates with cuckold fetishists.

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