| Popis: |
Women in science do not have enough hours in a day to do everything they might ideally aspire to do—and this realization leads to inevitable compromises. The key for women is to identify the compromises that they can live with, and that will lead to the highest level of overall life satisfaction. Barnett’s and Wethington’s stories illustrate alternative solutions to this dilemma: the former prioritizing family and the latter career. The tenure system exacerbates this problem—women may be too busy to have children before tenure, and too old after. Men are not subject to the same biological constraints and also tend more often to have home-based spouses or spouses in flexible careers who can raise their children while the men devote their lives to academic work. Many of the most helpful strategies for dealing with life balance issues focus on reducing the career costs of motherhood. More flexible careers paths and timing would help, but, with an abundant supply of PhDs, the academy has little incentive to explore them. |
