Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Why Women Don't Get Ahead in Science Careers

A blog post on Sciencecareers.org, a project of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS,) recently reported a study that found that "many women participate more actively at the beginning of their scientific career, with their work ambitions reduced after having children."

Why does the media relentlessly report claims of a glass ceiling yet rarely report research findings such as that?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I'm glad you picked up on this. I presume you saw the article in the New York Times. (By the way, I am a 46-year-old non-science woman.)

 

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