{"id":28892,"date":"2025-09-27T16:07:33","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T20:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/?p=28892"},"modified":"2025-09-30T19:26:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T23:26:27","slug":"what-do-i-do-about-a-sexist-professor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2025\/09\/27\/what-do-i-do-about-a-sexist-professor\/","title":{"rendered":"What do I do about a sexist professor?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AW092725-4.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"301\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AW092725-4.jpeg\" alt=\"What do I do about a sexist professor?\" class=\"wp-image-28882\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AW092725-4.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AW092725-4-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AW092725-4-100x100.jpeg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">What do I do about a sexist professor?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m so sorry to hear about this. If the professor is being sexist to you personally, I recommend reporting them to BC Human Resources through this form: <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/bias-reporting.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bit.ly\/bias-reporting.<\/a> If the professor has not been sexist to you, but you&#8217;ve witnessed them use sexist language and behavior in a class or setting where students are present, I suggest reporting them to the Dean of their School or to the University Harassment Counselor (<a href=\"mailto:Harassmentcounselor@bc.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Harassmentcounselor@bc.edu<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m so sorry to hear about this. If the professor is being sexist to you personally, I recommend reporting them to BC Human Resources through this form: bit.ly\/bias-reporting. If the professor has not been sexist to you, but you&#8217;ve witnessed them use sexist language and behavior in a class or setting where students are present, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2025\/09\/27\/what-do-i-do-about-a-sexist-professor\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;What do I do about a sexist professor?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,14,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-big-questions","category-boston-college","category-health-wellness"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28892"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28892\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28923,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28892\/revisions\/28923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}