I wonder if we could have a scorecard with Bingo squares or points for the times we hear and see things like the following, either stated or implied:
- "He should still get the award, because his personal life has no bearing on the tremendous contribution he has made to scholarship. Aesthetics and the life of the mind is important; what happened to that grad student was beside the point. Besides, that incident was years ago."
- Woman faculty member is interrupted and talked over.
- Woman makes a point, and it's ignored; man makes the same point two minutes later, and it's brilliant.
- "It wasn't such a big deal. She should get over it."
- Faculty of color asked to be on a zillion committees or outreach projects and then criticized for producing less scholarship.
- "He's going to retire soon, anyway. There's no point in pursuing it."
- "That's just how he acts; the bullying and yelling isn't about you personally. Stay out of his way and you'll be fine."
- "This whole process will be a lot easier if we just give Professor Y what he wants in terms of this time slot/this course assignment/this committee assignment/this candidate for admission. Otherwise, he'll pitch a fit and make our lives miserable. Professor X won't complain about teaching at 8 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. MWF, so let's give that schedule to her."
- "If he leaves the department, he'll take that big grant/that journal/that prestigious reputation to another university. He brings prestige, so we can't make waves."
- "[Women faculty] should be in their offices more, in case students need to talk to them; they need the emotional support. As for me, I'm not going to the meeting. I have writing to do."