by Autumn A. Arnett, Education Dive
When we put this in the context of the #MeToo movement which took off on social media in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein allegations to show the number of women who have been impacted by sexual assault or sexual harassment, and we consider how few women are actually leaders (versus teachers) in the education space, these things all seem connected…. I have had female presidents tell me they’ve been catcalled on their own campuses, by male students who didn’t realize they were in charge. I’ve heard others say they wear men’s clothing and try to dress in ways that do not call attention to their figures when they attend board meetings, because they are often the only woman in the room. One female district leader wrote in to tell me the harassment she had received by male colleagues affected her confidence and the level of position for which she would consider applying — to go further up the ladder, she assumed, she’d face more of this type of behavior as she’d find herself more outnumbered.
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