feminist?
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For decades, sexism in higher education has been blamed for blocking women from landing academic positions in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields.
But a new study by Cornell psychologists suggests that era has ended, finding in experiments with professors from 371 colleges and universities across the United States that science and engineering faculty preferred women two-to-one over identically qualified male candidates for assistant professor positions.
...Despite these successes, Williams and Ceci acknowledge that women face other barriers to entry during adolescence and young adulthood, in graduate school and later in their careers as academic scientists, particularly when balancing motherhood and careers. ...
[from someone who grew up with a separated parents, I thank my dad everyday for taking such a good care of us while clocking 60 to 70 hours a week (weekend often included), those poor poor womyn]
- hey, we love science and rationality,
untill... hmmm it doesn't confirm my biasesgeorgesIII - "for assistant professor positions."********
- It doesn't surprise me that old male professors are hiring young female assistants.********
- hey, we love science and rationality,