tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36650952.post518534951972269918..comments2024-03-27T10:29:06.518-04:00Comments on A Natural Scientist: Rational Decisions About AcademiaJenny F. Scientisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07072624674603337551noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36650952.post-27671372509461528072014-03-30T15:49:35.102-04:002014-03-30T15:49:35.102-04:00I realize you wrote this a year ago, so it's r...I realize you wrote this a year ago, so it's random on my part to comment now. But, I've been reading and enjoying this series. I've been working on my own academic life vs. rational choices-hard.<br /><br />http://chronicladybug.blogspot.com/2014/03/you-got-to-know-when-to-hold-em-know.htmlMaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09251539482775464009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36650952.post-78500009562345301672013-04-06T18:08:25.700-04:002013-04-06T18:08:25.700-04:00I agree with Bunny that your personal experiences ...I agree with Bunny that your personal experiences affect your view a lot. In my undergrad department, there wasn't a single female full professor. In my PhD institute, there were 2 (two) in the entire place. Now, there are about 30% here, so that seems AWESOME. Not that all the problems are fixed -- talking to a friend recently about careers and IVF and other fund parts of life, she just commented "All the women in my department either have no kids, or they have twins."Ameliehttp://amelies-welt.de/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36650952.post-66883777064771668232013-04-02T23:30:17.878-04:002013-04-02T23:30:17.878-04:00I wasn't trying to say industry is bias-free (...I wasn't trying to say industry is bias-free (SO NOT) merely that only 30% of grad students end up as faculty anyways, but 100% of the female grad students I know were told "But you should stay! And make it better!" Plus the low-turnover thing in academia- OMG the dinosaurs - I think *can* maximize the possibility of badness, and they're really really hard to fire, no? <br /><br />25%! That's encouraging! <br /><br />(Snooty U DOES give one the worst possible view, that's for damn sure.)<br /><br />... and so to bed.Jenny F. Scientisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07072624674603337551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36650952.post-66275122955435726232013-04-02T19:47:47.218-04:002013-04-02T19:47:47.218-04:00You're certainly right that industry has equiv...You're certainly right that industry has equivalent biases against women. I'm glad BC was a good place to work, but the fact that you didn't experience bias there is about as generalizable as my experiences--because I'm not in a STEM field or at a Snooty, I might argue that academia is fiiiiine for women. I don't mean to be jerky, though this comment probably comes off that way. I just mean to say that you probably got the worst possible picture of the situation. I recently read some papers arguing that having just 25% of a group be female changes how females are viewed (reducing bias). I'm not in this game to make things better for women down the road, but I'm grateful to the women who came before me, and try to be a good mentor to those I encounter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com