Hi! This is a tricky topic, and even tricker when you consider organic chemistry labs. We admittedly do see some general misogyny and sexual harassment. However, this is a problem a lot of fields face right now, not just organic chemistry.
Sexual harassment: has been a problem with some people in the department. But has been appropriately addressed and (as far as I know) mostly corrected.
Misogyny: tricky to identify. Are you getting shit because you’re not doing work as well as others? Or because you’re a woman? It’s hard to tell in graduate programs when you don’t have the exact same benchmarks across students. Each student has a different project, different expectations, and different learning and working style and the people around you hold you to different standards. Something that you can do is try to find common benchmarks between your peers and see if you’re performing the same but not getting similar recognition.
It wasn’t a huge thing I was concerned about when I was applying to schools, but it WAS a concern when I was choosing groups. There are a lot of “old white men” in chemistry that straight up make it harder for women to graduate from them. I avoid those groups. They are not the future of the field and I refuse to contribute to their body of work.
For sexual harassment/misogyny: I try to be as clear and driven with my motives as possible. If somebody in the lab says something to me I find off-color or inappropriate, I address it immediately. It’s not ok and won’t be tolerated by me. One of the things I’m working on doing this year is being more of an “active bystander” and acting that way in order to champion for other women in the lab. Right now, the two girls in the lab (me and @ladychemistab) are these extremely thick-skinned badass women who take a lot of shit and can put up with it no problem, but she led a movement in the lab to stop taking shit and start telling people off when they’re being inappropriate, and I’m 100% on board, especially with the new rotations starting soon!