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Dr Jess Wade has written, and worked on this, quite extensively and provides clarity for many of the arguments that put us into this position, and clarifies our complicity: "I don't understand how scientists and engineers have been okay with it for so long." 🧪
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Text: What are the main challenges women face in STEM? Historically, academic careers hasn't been very compatible with having caring responsibilities (for example children or looking after elderly parents), which are often taken on by women. Moreover, systemic bias is an ongoing problem. Women (and people of colour) are less likely to get a big research grant or a fellowship, and they are less likely to be nominated for an award, and their papers are less likely to be accepted or cited in leading journals. Although academia knows this – and the data backs it up – we still use grants, awards, and citations as a proxy for scientific excellence. These figures of merit ultimately determine whether someone becomes a professor. It's like we have this really broken system that perpetuates this privilege: the more privileged you are, the more opportunities you'll get, and those opportunities make you even more privileged..."
October 9, 2024 at 1:31 PM