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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My fantasy life: as a child I was interested in math and biology, and I had an aptitude for those types of subjects, and my family encouraged it. I became an accomplished medical researcher and doctor doing the kinds of medical research that’s really feel good. Like pediatric cancer or Alzheimer’s disease. My work creates some breakthroughs and I’m lauded for it and ultimately, some lives are saved or at least much improved. My husband is a tenured college professor in his chosen field. We have 2 great kids and we somehow, through a mysterious source of family money, can have them attend a nurturing, attentive private school. We live in a charming, historical, California-style craftsman bungalow in a fairly walkable inner ring suburb, and we also have a beach cottage or condo in an East Coast beach town that’s somehow low key and still flying under the radar a little. I have a variety of active hobbies like hiking and tennis. Since research and academia doesn’t put as much emphasis on your looks as the corporate world, I let my hair grow naturally and wear vaguely ageless clothes, such that people constantly wonder if I’m 40 or 70 or somewhere in between. [/quote]

I lived this life for a decade and have no desire to return to academia.[b] I've never seen such illegal and hostile HR behavior, institutionalized pedagogy, and bullying as I have in science.[/b] Many of my female colleagues had the exact same experience as me too. I had the ultimate credentials and background yet still fell victim to male suppression. Took a long legal battle to get my degree. Others gave up, many lost money as a result of senior scientists screwing them over, taking credit for their work and lying to them. I also had a patent stolen by a male college. [/quote]

I've never seen such illegal and hostile HR behavior, institutionalized pedagogy, and bullying as I have in academia.

Fixed that for you. [/quote]

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