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Re: [lena_chita] Gender-preferential treatment?:
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rrrADAM
Dec 31, 2011, 4:25 PM
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lena_chita wrote: rrrADAM wrote: lena_chita wrote: ...the count for MD/PhD level scientists goes Males 7/females 2... What are the percentages, according to gender, who get MD/PhD level degrees in your field? I do not know the exact answer to this question, and do not know where to look it up. But limited personal experience makes me fairly certain that it is skewed towards more males, though not quite 7:2, maybe something like 5:3. But than again, I am looking at new graduate students for the gut feeling of 5:3, and when I am looking at actual working MD/PhDs, I am looking at people who got their MD/PhDs 10-25 years ago. I think it is changing towards more equal spread, in terms of new students just entering the field.
Then, as I'm sure you are well aware, given your own estimates and timelines, it sounds as if the numbers you see in your lab roughly represent the talent pool. If there were more females in the higher levels than the talent pool had to offer for people who got their advanced degrees a while ago, then it would show gender-preferential treatment in favor of females.
No?
Also, of those numbers you estimate... Roughly how many have chosen to be full time moms later on, thus removing themselves from the talent pool? My sister-in-law has an advanced degree in biology, and worked in a lab in academia, got paid little, switched to a pharmecutical company, made lots of $$$, but gave it up 2 years ago to raise her twins.
(This post was edited by rrrADAM on Dec 31, 2011, 4:29 PM)
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