Gender harassment can and does, affect science popularization behaviors

BY by Lisa McDonald, Chantal Barriault, and Thomas MerrittIn a pilot study conducted in the spring of 2018, a mixed-methods online survey was used to ask science popularizers how gender harassment influences the way they communicate science to the public. Popularizers reported that gender harassment caused the science popularization field to increasingly strive for gender inclusivity in the

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