That report is rather bizarre: Because women are more affected by family responsibilities, help during the transition from postdoc to tenured faculty — such as affordable, high-quality child care or the possibility to work more flexible hours — may encourage more women to stay in academic research, the study found.
"More affected"? Eh? Unless they're talking about the time being pregnant, how do they get to the assumption of more affected?
I feel like the report says "since 1+1=5, women should...".
I liked the original poster's comment to the effect of (I'm paraphrasing) "maybe women are just more realistic about their opportunities". *snerk* "No, dumbass, I wasn't rating myself; I was rating the f'ed-up system I'm entering."
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Date: 2007-11-02 08:03 pm (UTC)"More affected"? Eh? Unless they're talking about the time being pregnant, how do they get to the assumption of more affected?
I feel like the report says "since 1+1=5, women should...".
I liked the original poster's comment to the effect of (I'm paraphrasing) "maybe women are just more realistic about their opportunities". *snerk* "No, dumbass, I wasn't rating myself; I was rating the f'ed-up system I'm entering."