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Ethics

A thousand tiny cuts

17 Mar 2016 Margaret Harris
Taken from the March 2016 issue of Physics World

Margaret Harris explores how small, subtle and sometimes subconscious actions can add up to create an environment that feels unwelcoming – or even hostile – to women and other under-represented groups in physics

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“What is the meaning of your shirt?” The question came in the first year of my undergrad

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