Gender Matters
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2018
Abstract
In a seminar for teaching assistants, one male and one female TA stand up; the professor in charge tells the room that the male TA will get more respect from students. A woman talks to her undergraduate adviser about her desire for a PhD in physics; he replies, “You know physics is hard. Are you sure you want to try to do that?” A physics major asks a senior male professor for advice on getting into a good doctoral program; he suggests that she flirt more at conferences. In his letters of recommendation for students applying to graduate school, a professor consistently describes his male students as “brilliant” and “outstanding” while praising the women for being “conscientious” and “hardworking”; his male students are accepted to more competitive doctoral programs.
Repository Citation
Blue, J.,
Traxler, A. L.,
& Cid, X.
(2018). Gender Matters. Physics Today, 71 (3), 40-46.
https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/physics/1021
DOI
10.1063/PT.3.3870
