UMD Handbook Tells Female TAs To Expect ‘Challenging Behavior,’ ‘Be Patient’

COLLEGE PARK (WJZ) — A viral post on Twitter by a University of Maryland student has elicited a response from the university after she shared what some might call misogynistic language in a teaching assistant’s handbook.
Annie Bao, a sophomore TA for the university’s Department of Computer Science, tweeted Monday that the department’s guidance to female TAs told them to expect challenging behavior and to be patient with a mostly male student body.Straight out of UMD&