I think it's more important to look at why women don't stay in STEM, and much of that research has been done - because men drive them out. The male behavior and the sexism and the lack of credit and the subtle deniable harassment and the jokes and the experiences of not being heard when you say something but the man who says it is heard...
eventually anyone who isn't intensely devoted and willing to suffer all that...
leaves.
I'm deeply torn about this, because I loved science enough to stay in it, despite all that. What drove me out was money. I wanted to earn enough to have my own apartment and pay for a car, and that wasn't going to happen in academia. I got told I wanted to much and was materialistic.
I wish there were a way to make a living in science and be treated decently, for men and women. I've not found it yet, and I'm very sad.
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Date: 2012-09-16 12:33 am (UTC)eventually anyone who isn't intensely devoted and willing to suffer all that...
leaves.
I'm deeply torn about this, because I loved science enough to stay in it, despite all that. What drove me out was money. I wanted to earn enough to have my own apartment and pay for a car, and that wasn't going to happen in academia. I got told I wanted to much and was materialistic.
I wish there were a way to make a living in science and be treated decently, for men and women. I've not found it yet, and I'm very sad.