tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12261589.post111834743226544008..comments2023-11-02T05:27:45.871-04:00Comments on The Culture of Chemistry: The Hidden Women of ScienceMichellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12617476463347663364noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12261589.post-1118764231211363392005-06-14T11:50:00.000-04:002005-06-14T11:50:00.000-04:00I agree 100% with your concept of "women in scienc...I agree 100% with your concept of "women in science". <BR/><BR/>I consider myself a "woman in IT" - although I work in IT as does my husband, he is typically out of the house for 13+ hours a day and so I have fewer options when it comes to having a "career".<BR/><BR/>I blogged about Larry Summers and Harvard's $50M - http://myturn2.blogspot.com/2005/05/harvards-50m.htmlNoonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03065637387597241411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12261589.post-1118548395901812812005-06-11T23:53:00.000-04:002005-06-11T23:53:00.000-04:00I thought the breast pump in the lab was brilliant...I thought the breast pump in the lab was brilliant, too! Not having to traipse across campus makes for more science (and more milk, when you're not as rushed...). Everybody wins, mentor, students, science and the NIH.<BR/><BR/>It's the simple stuff that often makes and breaks us. Mountains are indeed made from many molehills -- and in fact, can be dismantled or shifted one spoonful at a time.Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12617476463347663364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12261589.post-1118434297760312332005-06-10T16:11:00.000-04:002005-06-10T16:11:00.000-04:00Shocked! Shocked, I tell you!But I was thinking ab...Shocked! Shocked, I tell you!<BR/><BR/>But I was thinking about this post more while I spent the day at home taking care of my daughter who's on summer break and cleaning the house while my wife was off billing hours and harrassing the opposing counsels, and I decided the nice thing, too, is that it turns around--I get to be a "man of law" too. Thanks for that.Scrivenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05922358016805022637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12261589.post-1118417999144225462005-06-10T11:39:00.000-04:002005-06-10T11:39:00.000-04:00scrivener - you could indeed, and in fact, there a...scrivener - you could indeed, and in fact, there are some interesting papers written on the entry into and promotion of women within large law firms. <BR/><BR/>I'm sure you and your wife would be shocked and surprised to know that in firms studied, women had to have much higher GPAs than men to be hired in the first place (and this is recently!), and that having children increases the chances that a man will make partner, but reduces a woman's chances.<BR/><BR/>These issues are certainly not unique to women in science, but really apply to working dyads in careers that require significant educational investment, have a strongly hierarchical structure and for whatever reason, cannot handle resume gaps.Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12617476463347663364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12261589.post-1118416601697890512005-06-10T11:16:00.000-04:002005-06-10T11:16:00.000-04:00My wife's a lawyer, and could have probably writte...My wife's a lawyer, and could have probably written this exact same post, changing merely "women in science" to "women in big law firms."Scrivenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05922358016805022637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12261589.post-1118405595741594422005-06-10T08:13:00.000-04:002005-06-10T08:13:00.000-04:00Victor and I view it similarly -- and realize that...Victor and I view it similarly -- and realize that in that way he is also a "woman of science". When my oldest was small and had an ear infection, Victor taught class with the toddler on his hip (I had a class to teach, too), and brought him to a meeting. I remember Karen Tidmarsh telling him that she thought it was good role modeling for the students to see a dad handling child care issues. Doug is providing students with the same good role modeling, too. <BR/><BR/>Go team!Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12617476463347663364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12261589.post-1118401658759923782005-06-10T07:07:00.000-04:002005-06-10T07:07:00.000-04:00Doug and I have actually had this conversation man...Doug and I have actually had this conversation many times. He knows (and I know) that he might be more productive (or at least be able to play golf) if I were at home. But he says he would never ask that of me because he thinks it would be a waste of my talents. Not that either of us think that the women who stay home are wasting their time--they're obviously not as evidenced by what their husbands accomplish. We sort of look at it as a team strategy. Our strategy was just different from many (most, actually) of the others around us. It's yet to be seen if that strategy pays off for him. It's certainly paying off for me. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10766222493968363248noreply@blogger.com