Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
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Why Girl Geeks Leave Academia

Tags: education, gender studies, networking
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  • 5 comments
wolfbrotherjoe

wolfbrotherjoe

January 7 2011, 15:02:39 UTC 10 years ago

My mom is in a heavily female-dominated area, and she's still going nuts in Academia. Part of it is gender issues, most of it is that Academia doesn't really seem to care much about either doing good research *or* about teaching the next generation of academia, but instead just about politics and making people feel good about themselves.
ysabetwordsmith

Yes...

ysabetwordsmith

January 9 2011, 03:56:43 UTC 10 years ago

It's a lot like court politics. Feh.
haikujaguar

haikujaguar

January 7 2011, 15:20:46 UTC 10 years ago

Pretty much why I left the university system.
ysabetwordsmith

Yes...

ysabetwordsmith

January 9 2011, 03:56:05 UTC 10 years ago

I've heard similar sentiments from a number of people.
rhodielady_47

rhodielady_47

January 7 2011, 19:17:13 UTC 10 years ago

As someone who's knocked around more colleges than she cares to admit to, I greatly agree. If you've chosen your field wisely, a female will find greater freedom and better pay out in industry.
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