Choices -- not discrimination -- determine success for women scientists
Monday, February 7, 2011 - 16:32
in Psychology & Sociology
It's an incendiary topic in academia -- the belief that women are underrepresented in science, math and engineering fields because they face discrimination in the interviewing, hiring, and grant and manuscript review processes. But social scientists now say it's not discrimination, but rather differences in resources attributable to career and family-related choices, that set women back.