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A young girl looks through a microscope at North Dakota State University. Today, the scientific workforce, including academia, industry and the government, is one-third women, according to the National Science Foundation. [Image credit: Flickr user David Haasser]
To most women in academia, that’s absurd. I started reading this column in the paper, and abruptly stopped because that’s not what I, or any woman I know, experienced.
I was relieved to see the blogosphere buzzing with emphatic objections, but no one has yet touched on one of the strongest counterarguments: hard evidence refuting this irrational claim. …
Rebecca Harrington 