“She did things that weren’t normal”
Unfortunately, Amy’s worst fear finally happened. In 2009, her tenure was denied. And to make matters worse, while she was still reeling over what happened, she learned that one of her colleagues called her “crazy,” for which she filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, accusing him of gender discrimination. The professor admitted to calling Amy “crazy” multiple times but said he was not going to take it back. In the professor’s own words: “This woman has a pattern of erratic behavior. She did things that weren’t normal…”
