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"I don’t deny that sexism exists, but sexism today is not so severe that it stands in the way of a woman achieving a career in science—or any field—if she reall
by cbanek 8y ago
"I don’t deny that sexism exists, but sexism today is not so severe that it stands in the way of a woman achieving a career in science—or any field—if she really wants to."
Uh, source? Seems like the article just throws this out there without any citation, proof, or even argument. I'm not sure I can agree with such a statement.
- natchiketa 8y agoI took that as her speaking from her own personal experience. She's a doctor of psychology who specialized in sex research — her PhD thesis was titled "Functional and Structural Neuroimaging of Paraphilic Hypersexuality in Men". She worked in academia for about ten years until she became dissatisfied with the influence that political correctness had on her ability to fund her research. So you could say that she achieved a career in science, until she no longer wanted to. You could argue that she failed to account for the fact that readers of this article don't necessarily know who she is or what her own experience has been.
- cbanek 8y agoOr the fact that just because she did it doesn't mean that anyone can do it? I guess if you haven't, you just need to "want it more."
- natchiketa 8y agoSure, that too. Standing on its own, it's purely anecdotal.
- phasnox 8y agoDo you have sources that support the contrary of what she is saying?
- pnongrata 8y agoI think the person asserting has the burden of proof, in any case, not those who reject the claim.
- Kaiyou 8y agoIf it was standing in the way, no women could achieve a career in science. Since some women have achieved just that, it can be concluded that it doesn't stand in the way.
- manfredo 8y agoShe got a PhD in science, so she's at least speaking from experience.