News from the PWN Pipeline:
STEM fields are losing women
A review of a recent article in Social Forces comparing women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields with other professional women. Findings showed that women in STEM fields were more likely to leave their field of specialty for another occupation than other professional women. One possible reason given for this exodus is that women are often the minority on research teams, and traditional gender role beliefs held by other men on the team can influence the kind of scientific role played by these women.
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