> If folks were to start opting out of academia in larger numbers for jobs in private industry, schools would be forced to improve working conditions. This is

> If folks were to start opting out of academia in larger numbers for jobs in private industry, schools would be forced to improve working conditions. This is exactly what is happening! (Well, the leaving, not the improving). The argument is that men are more willing to put up with the particular nature of the poor working conditions in academia, hence women disproportionately leave.