Re:An alternative argument for why women leave STEM
by breischl on Friday January 17, 2020 @06:31PM
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>We can structure our work so that women are not disadvantaged for having kids
Can we, though? It seems that there is some amount of time that women are unable to work due to the physical rigors of pregnacy, child-birth, and (in many cases) infant care.
Taking time away from work, no matter what the reason, necessarily affects the trajectory of your career. We can try to minimize that in various ways (as the original article discussed) but it seems impossible to reduce it to zero barring sci-fi tech like artificial wombs.
It might be reasonable to say that we can structure out work so that women are disadvantaged _as little as reasonably possible_ for having kids.
Can we, though? It seems that there is some amount of time that women are unable to work due to the physical rigors of pregnacy, child-birth, and (in many cases) infant care.
Taking time away from work, no matter what the reason, necessarily affects the trajectory of your career. We can try to minimize that in various ways (as the original article discussed) but it seems impossible to reduce it to zero barring sci-fi tech like artificial wombs.
It might be reasonable to say that we can structure out work so that women are disadvantaged _as little as reasonably possible_ for having kids.