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[clement at igonet.fr]

Why don't the women take the place and the power by themselves?

Le 25 juin 2015 08:19:25 UTC+02:00, Darrell Fuhriman <darrell at garnix.org> a écrit :
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>> On Jun 24, 2015, at 20:35, Darrell Fuhriman <darrell at garnix.org>
>wrote:
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>> This is false. Simply false. If people are abused out of a line of
>work until they quit, that’s not “women choosing other jobs” anymore
>than me walking into your house, punching you in the face until you
>leave then claiming “He abandoned it” means it’s not my fault.
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>BTW, I want to draw attention to the fact that this isn’t news. We’ve
>known this for a long time (the research below is from 2008), The
>problem is staring us the face, and a tremendous number of people in
>our community remain in denial about it. 
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>Please read:
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>https://hbr.org/2008/06/stopping-the-exodus-of-women-in-science
><https://hbr.org/2008/06/stopping-the-exodus-of-women-in-science>
>http://documents.library.nsf.gov/edocs/HD6060-.A84-2008-PDF-Athena-factor-Reversing-the-brain-drain-in-science,-engineering,-and-technology.pdf
><http://documents.library.nsf.gov/edocs/HD6060-.A84-2008-PDF-Athena-factor-Reversing-the-brain-drain-in-science,-engineering,-and-technology.pdf>
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>Key quotes:
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>“Our research findings show that on the lower rungs of corporate career
>ladders, fully 41% of highly qualified scientists, engineers, and
>technologists are women. But the dropout rates are huge: Over time 52%
>of these talented women quit their jobs."
>[…]
>"So why do women leave science, engineering, and technology careers The
>answer comes in five parts. First and foremost, the hostility of the
>workplace culture drives them out. If machismo is on the run in most
>U.S. corporate settings, then this is its Alamo—a last holdout of
>redoubled intensity.”
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>I realize this study is US focused, but I’ve seen nothing to indicate
>that the US is any way an outlier in these matters.
>
>Darrell
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