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chervilant

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2. What?!
Sun Feb 22, 2015, 04:48 PM
Feb 2015

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There are other reasons for gender imbalance. When I was in grad school, I took an honors thesis course in order to flesh out a theory I've developed about power imbalance (ironic, yes?). My professor called my theory "brilliant," "cutting edge," and "career making." I told him that I have every intention of developing my theory into a book (written in a populist style in order to transcend the academic audience), and that I didn't want him or any of my classmates to usurp my work.

The following semester, my roommate discovered--quite by accident--that this professor was taking a sabbatical to write a book. You can guess the subject matter. My roommate reminded him that the theory is mine, and he admitted that he had intended to write his book based on my theory, but would no longer do so. I had thought this man was a friend as well as a colleague, and his betrayal cut deep.

Sadly, within the year, this professor died abruptly from a brain aneurysm. Meanwhile, I have avoided academia because of this and other sexist biases.

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