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Re: [Phys-l] Women Earn 46% of Undergraduate Math Degrees but Represent Only 8% of Math Professors ??


As reported by Rick Reis (2006) in Tomorrow's Professor, Message
#717, "Proof and Prejudice: Women in Mathematics," Lisa Trie (2006)
in the "Stanford Report of 15 February 2006 wrote:

"According to [Londa] Schiebinger, women earn 46 percent of
undergraduate math degrees in this country but represent only 8
percent of math professors."

What are we supposed to ascertain from this?

Should we assume that women and men are "equal" in some way -- that women have the same thinking as men -- that they have the same goals and values -- and that there should be an equivalent number of female professors -- so something must be wrong in these cases?

Or should we realize that women have better sense than to go into education -- that they have different goals and values than men?

Jim



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