Newly - released statistics show taxpayers paid more than $ 342,000 to
settle workplace discrimination disputes at House lawmakers» offices between 2008 and 2012, including nearly $ 175,000 for eight settlements related to sexual harassment and sex discrimination accusations.
There is growing recognition that a negative or «chilly»
workplace climate — with regards to overt or subtle sexism, stereotype threat (Smith et al. 2015), gender bias and
discrimination — has affected the success of women faculty in science (
Settles et al. 2006; Clancy et al. 2014).