Juliet Turner was harassed on social media after posting about the successful completion of her PhD.Credit: Simon Kershenbaum After devoting nearly four years to my PhD research on how insects cooperate and divide labour, I thought nothing of posting a photo on social media to celebrate passing the final oral examination of my degree. I wore a traditional academic gown, smiling in front of the golden limestone walls of New College at the University of Oxford, UK. “You can call me Doctor,” I wrote, punctuated with a sunglasses emoji. Maybe a bit cheeky, but harmless. Or so I thought. In just a few hours, a screenshot of my post had been circulated widely on the social-media platform X, accompanied by comments questioning my competence and the wisdom of my life choices, rating my physical appearance and speculating about my fertility. One read, “they just handing doctorates out to anyone now” and another suggested that I would have spent my time better by having four babies instead of studying.…