US women still face bias in science-report

[DemsUnite]

Women trying to make it as scientists face bias, hostility and a lack of respect that all combine to hold them back, a team of researchers reported on Thursday.

These barriers both frighten women away from scientific careers and block the women who try to succeed, the researchers report in Friday's issue of the journal Science.

"There is still a lot of covert and overt hostility toward women," said Jo Handelsman, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, who led the team.

"Some of it is outright illegal behavior, but most of it is subtle. It makes women feel undervalued and not respected."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050818/us_nm/women_dc_1

[mzteris]

1. Well - after all

does encouraging women to become SCIENTISTS contribute to the common good?

:sarcasm:

[spooky3]

2. Interesting and sad that a scientific study gets less attention than

remarks not informed by science (such as Summers').