Comments on: Year of women in science http://www.shessuchageek.com/2006/12/19/year-of-women-in-science/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:27:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: spusa http://www.shessuchageek.com/2006/12/19/year-of-women-in-science/#comment-279 Wed, 20 Dec 2006 16:50:10 +0000 http://www.shessuchageek.com/2006/12/19/year-of-women-in-science/#comment-279 I find the part about the letters of recommendation to be extremely interesting. It illuminates the unconscious bias in the field. I think people are becoming increasingly aware of these types of problems which are just as important, if not more important than some of the sexist remarks we've all heard about women having less aptitude than men. The article brings up the idea of science mentoring for women. It sounds like this has promise, but I've found that there is an attitude from some older female scientists that they got to where they are on their own so other women should be able to too. I wonder how we can work to overcome these barriers. I find the part about the letters of recommendation to be extremely interesting. It illuminates the unconscious bias in the field. I think people are becoming increasingly aware of these types of problems which are just as important, if not more important than some of the sexist remarks we’ve all heard about women having less aptitude than men.

The article brings up the idea of science mentoring for women. It sounds like this has promise, but I’ve found that there is an attitude from some older female scientists that they got to where they are on their own so other women should be able to too. I wonder how we can work to overcome these barriers.

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