September 30, 2012

Breaking the Bias Against Women in Science

Introduction

Shea Roggio for The New York Times

A new Yale study has revealed that there is a pervasive and unconscious bias on university campuses that favors male science students over their female counterparts. The result is fewer women in scientific professions. And as a recent Sunday Review article pointed out, it’s not just in science where women are underrepresented, electrical engineering, a huge growth industry, is dominated by men.

Should there be affirmative action, or something similar, to advance women in science and related subjects? Or is there a better way?

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