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Stem is still heavily dominated by Men, biology might be different as more woman are in bio than men are, and becoming more common in other stems. engineer and programming sitll gear towards men.

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Kamsaa@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
I was actually joining the chat to write that things are not that different in biology. I have a PhD and 7 years of postdocs behind me. Over the years I have :

been denied a management position because “the team was only men, who wouldn’t listen to me” (spoiler alert, they put an incompetent guy in charge who screwed up massively and I ended up taking over, successfully).

had a boss who systematically doubted my opinion (while he was not a specialist of the topic) but listened to the very same argument from a male colleague

had male Masters students who could speak uninterrupted during meetings when I couldn’t

got denied a tenure position for a guy with the same profile (literally the same topic and same labs) but much less experience than mine (like 5 years younger) This last one broke me, I ended up quitting academia
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- Danquebec@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Patriarchy is not only cruel towards women, it’s also dumb. It’s like corruption. We’re hurting ourselves, all of society, including men, by not giving the fitting positions and proper compensation and recognition to people who merit them.
  
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