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Women get ~40% of the doctorates in chemistry. The field is unbalanced, but not that unbalanced. Which is more likely: a traditionally-male field full of old
by jellicle 12y ago
Women get ~40% of the doctorates in chemistry. The field is unbalanced, but not that unbalanced.
Which is more likely: a traditionally-male field full of old white men has adapted exactly in step with the changing gender makeup of their field, OR it has not?
It's not as if we've never seen this dynamic before.
- streptomycin 12y agoWomen get ~40% of the doctorates in chemistry. The field is unbalanced, but not that unbalanced. This isn't a general chemistry conference, it's a quantum chemistry conference. I don't have any particular knowledge of the field, but I expect it's like I've seen at biology conferences. Tons of women in conferences on certain topics, but usually not the ones involving lots of math. Which is more likely: a traditionally-male field full of old white men has adapted exactly in step with the changing gender makeup of their field, OR it has not? I don't understand the question. You're asking if it's likely that the gender ratio of the field has moved in lockstep with the gender ratio of the field? Isn't that tautologically true?