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  • Recently I received a question for an Ask Emily episode along the lines of whether or not I had personally experienced sexism in my field,

  • and I kind of shrugged it off because The Field Museum is very supportive of women in science.

  • We even have a "Women in Science" group here at The Field Museum made of both men and women and members of the community

  • where we come together and figure out ways we can best promote the work of female researchers in this male-dominated field.

  • The more I thought about it though, along with another question of is there any part of my job that I don't look forward to,

  • I would have to say it would be the frustratingly negative and sexist comments

  • that I have to sift through in my various inboxes on a daily basis.

  • Now don't get me wrong: the overwhelming majority of comments I receive are positive and encouraging,

  • but there are still a lot of nastiness that I have to deal with on a daily basis in trying to make these positive, encouraging videos.

  • This is especially obvious when I happen to host an episode or co-host with another person on somebody else's channel

  • for an audience that isn't as familiar with me or my work or Soon Raccoon.

  • It made me wonder - is there anyone else going through this?

  • Who are the other women who have STEM channels -

  • those that primarily focus on Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math?

  • I spent an embarrassingly long amount of time just trying to think of a handful of these people.

  • What I found out is that while there are at least 13 STEM channels hosted by men

  • with more than 400,000 subscribersand 7 of those 13 which have topped a million

  • there are only 4 channels hosted by women that even have more than 160,000. None of us have more than a million.

  • When I asked my Twitter followers to name their favorite STEM women, they said, quote:

  • "There are others besides you and Vi Hart? Hmm, must do research!"

  • and, "You and Vi Hart are both awesome, though sadly you're the only two I know."

  • This isn't an us versus them, and it's not a numbers game. I'm just trying to make the point that there are

  • significantly and noticeably less women making science and technology themed educational channels on YouTube.

  • I'm also not saying the men that I looked at don't deserve the numbers that they have because I do think that their content it good and it should be celebrated.

  • But what is preventing women from reaching the same number of people?

  • I feel like in general, women don't have enough time to do these things because of the pressure that every episode has to be flawless in execution.

  • This could be a deterrent for both men and women but I feel like women are going to give up more easily because of comments like this:

  • "I'd still totally do her."

  • We have a fear of the feedback from our subscribers and commenters because we're afraid that

  • our audience is more focused on our appearance than the quality of our content.

  • Even more than that, we're not convinced that the content has to be good or factual

  • because we're not convinced that people are watching for the content in the first place.

  • "Finally I've saw her body... oh my god!!! How can a woman be hotter than Emily?

  • "If you ever need a safe place to stay while you study the Patagonia in Argentina, please...

  • "feel free to get in touch with me, I will sponsor your whole journey just to stare at you!!!"

  • There's a fear of the awkwardness that comes with being onscreen with anybody else

  • because some assume that there must be some sort of personal relationship happening,

  • which makes work with that person later on awkward. And on top of that it makes me feel awkward

  • having somebody on my show because I'm afraid they're going to see those kind of comments.

  • "This is the weirdest lesbian porn I've ever seen."

  • "For the first 7 minutes I thought how Emily and Hank should totally hook up.

  • "Then the Animal Wonders girl came out, I thought they should totally have a threesome."

  • That brings on self criticism, like, I'm not intelligent, or funny, or engaging enough on my own.

  • "She just needs some sexier glasses."

  • "I can't stop looking at her nose... It looks so weird. It kinda makes her look like a nerdy pig."

  • There's a pressure to be the whole package.

  • Not only do you have to be intelligent and articulate, but you also have to be attractive.

  • "Emily, even though the clothes you're wearing kinda disguise it, you look like you might be pretty hot under them,

  • "perhaps you should consider wearing slightly racier clothing;

  • "besides obviously pleasing to straight males and gay females, it might boost your self-esteem."

  • "She is really cute, but as if she made herself unattractive on purpose.

  • "She could easily keep us focused just by changing her clothes.... I would really like to see her again with new looks."

  • The lack of acknowledgement from others around you towards these negative comments,

  • being like, "ah, it's just YouTube," "oh, they're just anonymous comments. Don't listen to them."

  • But when they're so personal...

  • "i don't know what kind of people get offended or insulted by compliments.

  • "Maybe he should have said that she's ugly and should go die."

  • And then there's just blatant, general sexism.

  • "youd think this was a mans job, not 2 beautiful ladies'"

  • "Thumbs up for the Skyrim reference, it made me chortle. I assume that was written by Michael?"

  • That was not written by me.

  • I've heard from male colleagues that while they certainly don't support sexism and they think it's awful,

  • they feel as though they have nothing to contribute to the conversation.

  • But it starts with an acknowledgment from both men and women that these are serious issues that need to be discussed.

  • We can't idly sit by and tolerate internet bullying in any form.

  • Because that's what this is, this is internet bullying.

  • Help us make it widely known that this kind of apathetic attitude is detrimental and unacceptable.

  • We need to make sure we're making it possible for people of all genders to feel acknowledged for their contributions

  • and not feel held back by something as arbitrary as their genetics or appearance.

  • But how do we encourage more women to be content creators?

  • It starts by supporting our fellow creators, recognize we're all going to undergo a learning curve in the beginning,

  • and to not let it end there because of unnecessary pressure or negativity. In the end we stay committed to a mission

  • of making quality educational content in order provide for more women role-models to fill these spaces.

  • And ladies, it gets better.

Recently I received a question for an Ask Emily episode along the lines of whether or not I had personally experienced sexism in my field,

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