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[–]BettysBitterButter 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Meh. There is a power-imbalance in a teacher-student relationship. Your "words" you might have with your misogynist teacher are purely hypothetical. And in the meantime if you're looking toward building a career in the field you might be working hard to develop good relationships with your teachers/professors who can help guide you, write letters on your behalf, introduce you to colleagues, etc.

Why waste all that time and effort gambling that this guy is "one of the good ones"? Especially in a field like physics where women are already pushed aside or steamrolled en masse and cheated out of accolades... why would anyone building their career or education around someone who has just now demonstrated a resounding lack of understanding of what being a woman is or how it will affect a woman's career?

Not to mention what it does to your mind to have to compartmentalize your intellectual dishonesty when you constantly have to say things you don't believe at all. What kind of academics

Honestly, if you've had good experiences working with TIMs then that's delightful for you. In my experience I've been forced to professionally interact with several and the overall dynamic has not once been professional or beneficial to women. The power imbalance alone from the "stunning and brave" and "we need to center tw because they are more oppressed than anyone" makes it impossible to interact in a normal, honest manner.