Women as scientists: Their rights and obligations
Science and engineering remain male-dominated professions in Canada and elsewhere. This is a disheartening fact for a society dedicated to providing equality of education and opportunity, and protection of the right to physical and psychological security of the person to all its citizens. Canadian w...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V
1989
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Journal of business ethics
Year: 1989, Volume: 8, Issue: 2, Pages: 131-155 |
| Further subjects: | B
Applied Science
B Income B Canadian Woman B Economic Growth B Science Policy |
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| Summary: | Science and engineering remain male-dominated professions in Canada and elsewhere. This is a disheartening fact for a society dedicated to providing equality of education and opportunity, and protection of the right to physical and psychological security of the person to all its citizens. Canadian women comprise 51% of the population, yet still hold down, on average, less than 10% of all jobs in the basic and applied sciences. Few women are found in the upper strata of the science hierarchy, whether judged by income, by rank within the relevant professions, or by inclusion in the structures of government, industry, education or professional institutions which formulate science policy. “The evidence is compelling that science as both power and knowledge is ‘firmly located in white, Western, bourgeois, (compulsorily heterosexual) men's hands.’” |
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| ISSN: | 1573-0697 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of business ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/BF00382577 |