How Women Are Harassed Out of Science
The discrimination young researchers endure makes America’s need for STEM workers even greater.
The discrimination young researchers endure makes America’s need for STEM workers even greater.
Here’s what “having it all” really looks like, in my experience. *Contains explicit language*
The underrepresentation of women among the senior ranks of scholars has led dozens of universities to adopt family-friendly employment policies. But some of these gender-neutral policies have had an unintended consequence: They have advanced the careers of male economists, often …
“Besides the fact that representation matters — women who see other women in powerful positions are more likely to believe they can achieve the same thing — having women in leadership greatly affects the way women feel about their lives …
“We, the regular single moms, have been leaning in for years. We were leaning in before it became a movement. We are the original leaner inners! We’ve become self-taught experts at leaning in because no matter what kind of family, …
Women in research fields have long complained of discriminatory practices and sexism from colleagues and administrators. Statistically, however, many more women work in the humanities than in the sciences, and over 55% of female humanities faculty are adjuncts. The devaluing …
An ambitious project by the City of Boston, in partnership with the American Association of University Women (AAUW), wants to help women succeed in processes that are stacked against them. The city plans to spend the next five years providing …
While it is a common tendency, not everyone is allowed to advocate for their own group. Sometimes when women and minorities promote their own group, it garners criticism from others.
Women’s median annual earnings stubbornly remain about 20 percent below men’s. Why is progress stalling? It may come down to this troubling reality, new research suggests: Work done by women simply isn’t valued as highly.
Most offices have a generally male-dominated culture. What if an office were run by women? We flipped the script and imagined a world where men experienced the social pressures and double standards that women in the workplace do.