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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 communitywhere 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 commentsthat I have to sift through in my various inboxes on a daily basis.Now don&...