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Every industry where powerful men are gatekeepers is like this -- some are just higher profile than others. Politics, film, and other high profile industries will be first to be publicized, but it exists everywhere.

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And the good news is, like institutions finally learning to recognize good female candidates, we're finally starting to acknowledge that women abuse, molest and rape men, too. [1]

[1] https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/11/the-unde...

That’s true, but I’m not sure what it adds to bring up a much smaller-scale problem, although very real, in response. It’s like I said:

“The coal industry is a huge polluter and we’re finally thinking about how to end it.”

And you replied:

“The good news is that we’re also starting to acknowledge that the beekeeping industry creates pollution, too.”

According to this very study there is only an ~30% gap in abuse between men and women.

That doesn't sound much smaller scale.

Yes. Sexual harassment in rife in the... everything.

i don't know whether the gatekeeping is even a necessary component. speaking wrt academia now, even in fields where there is a decent gender balance, sexual harassment seems to be pretty prevalent, as prevalent as in other, less balanced fields. the reason, as mentioned in the article, is probably that oftentimes policies are in place to protect the universities, not the victims.

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