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Just reading the transcripts above, she comes across as rude and condescending, not as confident and assertive

Although without knowing the tone of the interviewer before the excerpts above, I don’t know if it’s warranted

I don’t think this has anything to do with being a woman

Academics in general can be rude and condescending if you look up all the stories on the phd subreddit about the experiences of phd students with their supervisors. There are lots of stories of academia being a toxic workplace. I would presume at this point that the academic researchers themselves are a core causal factor of that phenomenon.

It doesn’t sound rude to me at all, just matter of fact. I would guess Sabine is ND in some way and this is a common misinterpretation of ND behaviours.

ND?

Neurodivergent probably

So... it _is_ rude. Just under the justification of being ND

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