"I am not aggressive enough to thrive in a combative work environment." The more Military-like a domain, the fewer women that work there.https://twitter.com/math_rachel/status/894602181734670342 …
Women are in academic positions in large numbers, but they focus more on psychology, biology and humanities than on math, physics and IT.
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You probably forgot about Germany. But a sea of female students instructed by a male professor is a common sight in humanities here.
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Academia used to be peaceful. Now with temporary jobs, stress to secure grants & publish for the sake of not perish, women are dropping out.
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True. Also true women are disproportionately represented as adjuncts (which prob has most to do w the shifts related to those spec fields)
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