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Maybe something is wrong, but I wouldn't blindly assume it's discrimination (especially since the results are the same if women do the hiring). I wish somebody
by Tichy 14y ago
Maybe something is wrong, but I wouldn't blindly assume it's discrimination (especially since the results are the same if women do the hiring).
I wish somebody woyuld at least look into possible reasons. Personally I suspect the elephant in the room is motherhood. If there is an x% chance for the recipient of your grant to quit the profession after a couple of years, it lowers the value of your investment quite a bit.
- mjmahone17 14y agoWhich means we should allow/push men to take paternity leaves in equal proportion to women taking maternity leaves. It's ridiculous that a) maternity leave is essentially not required in the US, and b) that women are expected to bear additional work-burdens, and men are often not allowed to bear the same child-rearing responsibilities due to lack of paternity leave.
- makomk 14y agoI'll take "problems affecting women that feminism has consistently failed to tackle" for $2,000 ;-) (Seriously, it got a brief mention as such in one of bell hooks' books and everything. The solution, alas, is probably not a simple one.)
- Evbn 14y agoPause for a moment to reflect on the extreme assumptions you are making.
- Tichy 14y ago???
- rmc 14y agoespecially since the results are the same if women do the hiring You think women can't be sexist against women? Of course they can be! A member of the marginalised group can easily continue that marginalisation. I watched a recent current affairs programme about same sex marriage, and they'd found a gay man to speak out against gay marriage.