Posting for a friend wanting to share their story: I was sexually harassed by my former graduate professor. I was never harassed in undergraduate and did not believe it would happen to me. But, my former graduate professor began treating me inappropriately. He was way too interested in my personal life and would constantly ask me about what I was doing in my personal time. He would invite me out to group events, and I would find myself with him alone because he had lied about who was coming. It escalated to him making comments about my physical appearance and touching me inappropriately. Eventually, I reported his behavior to the school, and he is currently under investigation. I was removed from the situation and am continuing my studies in a different department. There is a power imbalance between graduate advisors and their students, which is sometimes taken advantage of. My former graduate advisor harassed several female graduate students and did not treat us with respect. He put a lot of doubt into my mind about my path in life, and I wanted to give up. But, instead I pushed through, found a better place for myself, and now he is being dealt with. I was so lucky to have supportive friends, family, and members of the university coming together to help me. He will not be able to continue harassing anyone else.
This is heartbreaking
It is, but unfortunately, it’s not that uncommon. We must fight this.
After I graduated I heard from a friend that the program director who was also a professor asked her out on a date and used to call her to his office for silly reasons over assignments/ projects etc. He basically created an uncomfortable environment for her but she kept quiet because she was scared for her grade and was international student so no family/ friends around
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