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[quote=Anonymous]I have a science phd from an elite university and there are too many stories to write. The posters who say sexual exploits are so commonplace they are normal are correct. Profs having sex with their graduate students and even profs propositioning undergrads. No one does anything about it in the name of academic freedom. And endowed chairs?? Please- they are the absolute worst and I'm talking about Ivy League schools. Usually male profs to female students but I know of an egregious example of a female professor having an affair with a male undergrad at a SLAC. I got through it by being assertive when approached by committee members for sexual relationships. I also chose a strong female advisor who could guide me and had my back.

There are some profs who also steal students work and present it as their own.

Before you go to work with someone, ask lots and lots of questions about ethics when you meet the other grad students. Stay away if you get weird responses. One of my friends made it through to the end of her phd in science and the very famous prof refused to sign off. They'd had a great relationship for five years- but he had never graduated a female student and in the end couldn't do it. She'd been warned all along. School intervened and gave it to her but that situation makes it very hard to get a univ job. You need your advisor yo be 100% behind you.

In addition, I will strongly my girls but also boys when they head to college. Sexual harassment is real and you have to assertively deal with profs who cross lines.

I left academia after a successful dissertation and greT publications. Couldn't take the lack of integrity.[/quote]

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