To counter this, or rather,
to nip any potential problems in the bud, the administration created
a setup whereby every department had an appointed representative
for Affirmative Action.
All complaints had to be brought to this person. At NERD,
this was Ann--who in turn took them to the department chair.
A case of the proverbial fox guarding the chickens, Jane thought wryly.
The complaints and the person complaining, the complainant,
were "handled" by a special administrative flunky. It was made
crystal clear that problems would increase if one pursued a complaint.
Faculty women on tenure track were especially vulnerable to these
kinds of threats.
If the charge was serious and the complainant had evidence
and witnesses, and could not be persuaded to drop the charges,
the common practice was to transfer the complainant to another
department. No one could ever remember a male at Belmont being
punished, transferred or discharged for discrimination or harassment.
Jane knew that Ann had heard complaints--from women in the department
and from medical students who had suffered discrimination and harassment.
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