The more things change
The more things change
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At least europe it has kind of switched to the opposite in recent years.
I did a doctorate in physics and women had a much easier time finding PhD/post-doc positions because there is just much more funding available.
Most groups in my institution were majority women.
Professorships are still nearly all men, but that's largely down to the sexism of the previous generations (back in the 60s-90s when they got their positions). This will slowly shift in the coming decades.
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I can somewhat confirm your first statement.
I began my Master's study a few years ago and had to retake a course since I've switched to another university and they claimed that my Bachelor's study wasn't equal to theirs. A female friend of mine did the exact same and had exactly the same education as me. The dean of our new study wrote her personally and said that he will make sure that she doesn't have to retake any courses if she starts studying here. I'm still kinda pissed about that tbh.
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In the US this is true in academic philosophy and probably the humanities more generally. Women get tenure track positions with, on average, half the number of publications that men have. Most tenured professors are men, but it's slowly changing as the strong preference for women at the junior levels percolates upward. Within the next twenty or thirty years we'll need to address the bias against men in junior positions or we're going to end up with the same problem but in reverse.
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This was my wife’s experience while in her doctoral program in the States, as well. The structural misogyny and firm barriers to career progression kicked in when she moved to the private sector afterwards.
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I mean I can say for the us, 35 years ago my bachelors program for microbiology had a majority of men but there were still a lot of women. 30 years ago in a PhD they accepted 4men and 4woman but one guy never showed, another dropped mid first semester, another dropped between semester, and I dropped mid second semester. As of that time all four women stayed in the program but I know one was thinking of switching (non of the men continued to seek a doctorate). I worked in diagnostic assays a bit but saw the same thing. More women to begin with and guys left in droves. Most got mbas and did managagement or went for tech jobs.
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I'm sure this will turn into a men vs women comment section ; which is exactly the problem because it's actually rich vs. poor.
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It's rich men versus everyone. The rich men are doing a good job of making people think it's something different
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Nah, I think it’s impt to just know that we can all just live however we choose, no one should tell us anyone can just be one way
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Stoopid smart wamen!
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Username checks out. Good luck friend, you're not alone. ❤️
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In the EU, there's now more women finishing higher education, and going into research programs, than men. (1)
Education in general is quite fucked up for boys, but they are not a protected group so we let them suffer.
What protections would you like to see for men?
But the structural inequalities and sexism????
Don't worry, men will go in the corporate world and make more money than women professors.
It’s sadly creating a class of alienated working class men because the working class men don’t want to accept non-traditional relationship roles.
There's also a strange cultural phenomenon, that whenever a statistic is not in favour for women, it's concluded to be a sign of systemic injustice, and corrective action must be taken. Whenever a statistic is not in favour of men, it's concluded men are a problem.
I think the last part of your sentence is a little one-sided. It takes two to form a relationship and women can be just as non accepting of non traditional relationships as men.