Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

Knowing her place : positioning women in science Valerie Bevan, Caroline Gatrell

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: New horizons in managementPublication details: Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019.Description: xiv, 218 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781789904260
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.435 BE KN
Online resources: Summary: More women are studying science at university and they consistently outperform men. Yet, still, significantly fewer women than men hold prestigious jobs in science. Why should this occur? What prevents women from achieving as highly as men in science? And why are so few women positioned as `creative genius' research scientists? Drawing upon the views of 47 (female and male) scientists, Bevan and Gatrell explore why women are less likely than men to become eminent in their profession. They observe three mechanisms which perpetuate women's lowered `place' in science: subtle masculinities (whereby certain forms of masculinity are valued over womanhood); (m)otherhood (in which women's potential for maternity positions them as `other'), and the image of creative genius which is associated with male bodies, excluding women from research roles.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Notes Date due Barcode
REGULAR University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection 305.435 BE KN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available Dec2019 T0064003

Originally published: 2017.

More women are studying science at university and they consistently outperform men. Yet, still, significantly fewer women than men hold prestigious jobs in science. Why should this occur? What prevents women from achieving as highly as men in science? And why are so few women positioned as `creative genius' research scientists? Drawing upon the views of 47 (female and male) scientists, Bevan and Gatrell explore why women are less likely than men to become eminent in their profession. They observe three mechanisms which perpetuate women's lowered `place' in science: subtle masculinities (whereby certain forms of masculinity are valued over womanhood); (m)otherhood (in which women's potential for maternity positions them as `other'), and the image of creative genius which is associated with male bodies, excluding women from research roles.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.