Last Tuesday, Brienne Allan, a brewer and production manager for Notch Brewing in Salem, Massachusetts, left her home to visit the second location the brewery is building in Boston. It was the first time she’d been to the new facility since the pandemic hit last spring.
On that first day back, she says she was approached by two different men who questioned her credentials, putting her on the spot and forcing her to validate her experience something with which women in all industries are all too familiar. “The one day I left my house, I got harassed twice at the brewery,” says Allan, who reports having encountered sexist behavior less frequently while quarantining at home.
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