Me too: harassment in science
‘Within 10 minutes he had touched my leg’
‘Just sit at the other side of the meeting room to him,’ they said. ‘He’s just being friendly.’ That’s what I was told when I reported inappropriate behaviour in my workplace. I was 22 years old and in my first professional job after I had left university, envisioning a climb to success fueled by unadulterated ambition. I quickly realised that the climb for a lot of women involves dodging grabbing hands and inappropriate advances.