The 5 Biases Pushing Women Out of STEM By now, we’ve all heard about the low numbers of American women in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). Some argue it’s a pipeline issue – that if we can interest more young girls in STEM subjects, the issue will resolve itself over time. But that’s not convincing. After all, the percentage of women in computer science has actually decreased since 1991. Another theory is that women are choosing to forgo careers in STEM to attain better work-family balance—rather than being pushed out by bias. But evidence for that is also thin. My own new research, co-authored with Kathrine W. We conducted in-depth interviews with 60 female scientists and surveyed 557 female scientists, both with help from the Association for Women in Science. Pattern 1: Prove-it-Again. Pattern 2: The Tightrope. “I’ve gotten remarks like, ‘I didn’t expect someone Indian…and female to be like this,” said a micro-biologist. Pattern 3: The Maternal Wall. Pattern 4: Tug-of-War. Pattern 5: Isolation.
theconversation Most women who face economic abuse do not see it as family violence. But the Victorian Royal Commission on Family Violence connected the two. Economic abuse has only recently been recognised as part of family violence in Australian law. The Royal Commission report places economic abuse within the wider framework of economic gender inequality. Following Good Shepherd’s formulation it defines economic abuse as behaviours that “control a woman’s ability to acquire, use and maintain economic resources, thus threatening her economic security and potential for self-sufficiency”. The examples range from restricting women’s access to funds, not allowing women to work or study, restricting mobility, having women take on debt that only benefits the perpetrator, or threatening to cut off services. The Royal Commission recommends improving the understanding of economic abuse and improving financial literacy. Another woman told of how her wages went to the joint account.
Home - National Women’s Hall of Fame Book Depository: Millions of books with free delivery worldwide What Can You Tell About A Book From Its Cover? | The Wise Owl Blog Pairs and threes were give a brown paper parcel and a sheet of questions. The first thing said: “Inside this package is a book. DO NOT OPEN THE PACKAGE!” Then students were asked: From the size of your book do you think it comes from the Fiction, Non-Fiction or Picture Fiction section? They had to make a judgment purely on the size and shape of the package. Then they had to work out: What sort of spine label would you expect it to have: There was a blurb from the back of a book stuck to one side of the package. Some blurbs were longer than others but student had to make judgments about appealing and uninteresting words contained in the passage and answer the following: Then there was the challenge of matching the blurb to an image of the cover from 12 images provided. Just to be tricky, the book inside the package was not necessarily the one that matched the blurb. While waiting for the great reveal at the end of the lesson students spent some time reading quietly. Like this: Like Loading...
Having a working mother works for daughters Negative perceptions around women who combine paid work with parenthood have been comprehensively demolished in a major study by Harvard University, which shows the daughters of working mothers enjoy better careers, higher pay and more equal relationships than those raised by stay-at-home mothers. Using data from 24 countries including the UK and US, the Harvard study says that while working mothers “often internalise social messages of impending doom for their children”, the reality is that their sons and daughters appear to thrive, with daughters benefiting most from the positive role model of a mother with a career. Harvard Business School professor Kathleen McGinn, lead author of the study, noted that the effect on daughters’ careers of mothers working was particularly marked in the UK and US, where public attitudes to career equality could be more of a barrier than in some European countries such as Finland and Denmark.
We Need To Change Our Thinking About Violence Dr Melinda McPherson argues that the way we think about male violence runs the risks of entrenching it in our society forever. *I have written this article knowing that information continues to emerge in the Port Lincoln case. I want to acknowledge this week’s statement by Melissa Little expressing the depth of love for her partner and children, and consequently the depth of her pain. This article is motivated by an interest in trying to build a better understanding of violence so that we can bring about change. It is not an easy topic to write about. This week’s news carries the heartbreaking story of two children who were allegedly shot and driven into a dam by their father. In the vacuum of facts, media is often forced to create a narrative; to ‘make sense’ of a story. The insipid logic in these articles – or rather, the discourses underpinning them – follows a shadowy logic. Where violence is seen as normal, there is in effect no ‘violence’. He did not engage in those behaviours.
National Women's History Project | Our History is Our Strength Home | Scholastic New Zealand BBC Radio 4 - Drama, The Left Hand of Darkness, Episode 1 Feminism benefits men too – and it’s vital we bring our boys up to be more than victims of gender On 24 May at Methodist Central Hall, Westminster, a short distance from where he once governed, Tony Blair resurfaced for a public discussion. Having arrived on an overnight flight, he looked drawn and puffy-eyed but soon warmed to his theme: a robust defence of liberal globalisation. He admitted, however, to bafflement at recent events in the world. Blair lost power in the summer of 2007. His standing is likely to diminish further when the Iraq inquiry report is published on 6 July. Former leaders can ordinarily rely on their parties to act as a last line of defence. Yet outside of the Labour leadership, Blairism endures in notable and often surprising forms. In their defence of the UK’s EU membership, David Cameron and George Osborne have deployed arguments once advanced by New Labour. Among SNP supporters, "Blairite" is the pejorative of choice. Beyond British shores, political leaders are similarly inspired by Blair – and less reticent about acknowledging as much.
Men really need to stop calling women crazy By Harris O'MalleyJuly 9, 2014 Harris O’Malley is a dating coach who provides geek dating advice at his blog Paging Dr. NerdLove, the Dr. NerdLove podcast and The Good Men Project. Taylor Swift performs at Madison Square Garden, in New York. A thought experiment: Imagine how people might react if Taylor Swift released an album made up entirely of songs about wishing she could get back together with one of her exes. We’d hear things like: “She can’t let go. Yet when Robin Thicke released “Paula” — a plea for reconciliation with his ex-wife Paula Patton disguised as an LP — he was called incoherent, obsessed, heartfelt and, in particular, creepy. But you didn’t hear men calling him “crazy” — even though he used it as the title of one of tracks. No, “crazy” is typically held in reserve for women’s behavior. “Crazy” is one of the five deadly words guys use to shame women into compliance. What we really mean by “crazy” is: “She was upset, and I didn’t want her to be.”