Começa assim: «By now, we’ve all
heard about the low numbers of American women in science, technology,
engineering, and math (STEM). Some argue it’s a pipeline issue – that if we can
interest more young girls in STEM subjects, the issue will resolve itself over
time. But that’s not convincing. After all, the percentage of women in computer
science has actually decreasedsince 1991.
Another theory is that women are choosing to forgo
careers in STEM to attain better work-family balance—rather than being pushed
out by bias. But evidence for that is also thin. Several new studies add to the
growing body of evidence that documents the role of gender bias in driving
women out of science careers. A 2012
randomized, double-blind study gave
science faculty at research-intensive universities the application materials of
a fictitious student randomly assigned a male or female name, and found that
both male and female faculty rated the male applicant as significantly more
competent and hirable than the woman with identical application materials. A 2014 study found that both men and women were
twice as likely to hire a man for a job that required math». Continue a ler.
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