In a recent NYT article a scientist laments that her career has been stalled because of a sexual assault that happened while working in the field 30 years ago. While her assailant was a complete stranger, she noted that it is colleagues whom many women scientists have been assaulted by – and which derails their careers.

Her posit was that this makes it tough for women to move ahead in scientific research. Unfortunately, she is being myopic. Women across all fields and industries are unsettled