Women as scientists: Their rights and obligations
Journal of Business Ethics · 1989 · Volume 8 · Issue 2
Abstract
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.’”
Keywords
Income, Economic Growth, Applied Science, Science Policy, Canadian Woman
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