26 Percent of Female Scientists Say They’ve Been Sexually Assaulted Doing Fieldwork | Mother Jones
▻http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/08/inquiring-minds-kate-clancy
There’s been a lot of debate concerning why, with an increasing number of Ph.D.s going to women, women remain underrepresented in the top tiers of science. This is a complicated and thorny issue, but Clancy and colleagues have added yet another data point: Women might be leaving some disciplines in order to avoid unwanted sexual comments and contact, especially in the field.