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Women Skip Math/Science Careers To Have Families
hessian notes a Cornell survey, published in the Psychological Bulletin, of 35 years of sociological studies that concludes that women tend to choose non-math-intensive fields for their careers not because they lack mathematical ability, but because they want flexibility to raise children or prefer less math-intensive fields of science. "'A major reason explaining why women are underrepresented not only in math-intensive fields but also in senior leadership positions in most fields is that many women choose to have children, and the timing of child rearing coincides with the most demanding periods of their career, such as trying to get tenure or working exorbitant hours to get promoted,' said lead author Stephen J. Ceci... The authors concluded that hormonal, brain, and other biological sex differences were not primary factors in explaining why women were underrepresented in science careers, and that studies on social and cultural effects were inconsistent and inconclusive. They also reported that although 'institutional barriers and discrimination exist, these influences still cannot explain why women are not entering or staying in STEM careers,' said Ceci."
Well, gee, that's good news . . . I thought women avoided such careers because of all the geeky males that tend to gravitate towards math/science careers.
Schroedinger's Brexit: The UK is both in and out of the EU at the same time!
Woah! Women, put the axes down. Your man will handle the grinding around here, thank you very much.
Yeah, that's the problem, too many over-religious Christians in the scientific fields! You just can't keep Christians away from science!
"Advanced Creation Studies"? WTF is THAT
I thought that too, until I found out about their Advance Pro-Creation Studies classes - let me tell you, I was an immediate convert.
Why do women have babies?
I know this is Slashdot and all, so we shouldn't assume you are familiar with the process, but maybe it's time you sat down and had a talk with mom and dad about where babies come from.
What?
No! You're doing it all wrong. You're supposed to feel guilty about the fact that some groups of people have achieved more than some other groups of people!
Why do women have babies?
Because hormones triumph over brains. Some of the smartest women I have known have become completely irrational when it comes to dropping sprog. From my own molecular biology background, I have a highly technical term for this: "stupidity hormones".
Note: I'm not being totally sexist here; after all, I am prepared to admit that an erect penis has little conscience...
There are many reasons for not having children, but the strongest is that your parents didn't have any.
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."