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I took my daughter to a Women in Bio event and someone pointed out that the biology pipeline is pretty much 80% female from the PhD level on down. Someone asked
by xhkkffbf 7y ago
I took my daughter to a Women in Bio event and someone pointed out that the biology pipeline is pretty much 80% female from the PhD level on down. Someone asked how long they were going to keep running the program and, of course, the women didn't have an answer. Who would? It's a nice job.
- dekhn 7y agoIt winnows out post-PHd (fewer women proceed to postdoc and professor jobs). Most people would describe this as a pipeline problem, or possibly a rational reaction to the poor economics of being a professor (super competitive hard work for low pay, mainly for ego, not remuneration).