Title IXing science?

I received this NYtimes article from a number of sources today.  My primary reaction was “this is not the way we want to go!”  I think it might work okay for sports (since I’ve never really done the team sport thing outside of 1st and 2nd grade softball, I don’t have a strong opinion on this), but I don’t think it would work well in science.  The article makes good points – it seems there are fewer women in these disciplines, often, because of choices that women make.  To me, the interesting question is WHY they are making those choices – is it something inherent in SCIENCE, or is it something inherent in how we PRACTICE science?  What can we change in our practices that make it something that women want to pursue?

That’s all I have to say on that for now.  Still processing . . .

Sorry it’s been so long since I’ve posted.  Summer seems a good time to catch up on all kinds of things.  Just not blogging.

~ by academicwomen on July 15, 2008.