The Mathematics of Sex: How Biology and Society Conspire to Limit Talented Women and Girls
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Compressing an enormous amount of information--over studies--into a readable, engaging account suitable for parents, educators, and policymakers, this book advances the debate about women in science unlike any other book before it.
Bringing together important research from such diverse fields as endocrinology, economics, sociology, education, genetics, and psychology, the authors show that two factors--the parenting choices women but not men have to make, and the tendency of women to choose people-oriented fields like medicine--largely account for the under-representation of women in the hard sciences.
Nearly half of all physicians and biologists are females, as are the majority of new psychologists, veterinarians, and dentists, suggesting that women have achieved equality with men in the workforce. Three main explanations have been advanced to explain the dearth of women in math-intensive careers, and in The Mathematics of Sex , Stephen J. Ceci and Wendy M.
Nearly half of all physicians and biologists are females, as are the majority of new psychologists, veterinarians, and dentists, suggesting that women have achieved equality with men in the workforce. Ebook This title is available as an ebook. Cornell researchers Stephen Ceci and Wendy Williams politely demolish studies that are presented in nsf [National Science Foundation] workshops as settled science. To purchase, visit your preferred ebook provider. Challenges to the Biological Position 7. In their new book, "The Mathematics of Sex: Ceci and Williams, a couple with three daughters, including one with a graduate degree in engineering, both teach in Cornell's College of Human Ecology.
Williams describe and dissect the evidence for each. The first explanation involves innate ability--male brains are physiologically optimized to perform advanced mathematical and spatial operations; the second is that social and cultural biases inhibit females' training and success in mathematical fields; the third alleges that women are less interested in math-intensive careers than are men, preferring people-oriented pursuits.
Drawing on research in endocrinology, economics, sociology, education, genetics, and psychology to arrive at their own unique, evidence-based conclusion, the authors argue that the problem is due to certain choices that women but not men are compelled to make in our society; that women tend not to favor math-intensive careers for certain reasons, and that sex differences in math and spatial ability cannot adequately explain the scarcity of women in these fields.
The Mathematics of Sex represents the first time such a thorough synthesis of data has been carried out to solve the puzzle of women's underrepresentation in math-intensive careers. The result is a readable, engaging account suitable not only for academics in an array of disciplines, but for general readers as well--including educators, science policymakers, parents of daughters, and anyone intellectually curious about a key controversy of our time.
Setting the Stage 1.
Why Care About Women in Science? A Multidimensional Problem 3.
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Challenges to the Environmental Position 6. Challenges to the Biological Position 7. Background and Trend Data 8.
Conclusions and Synthesis Research and Policy Recommendations Epilogue References. The author of approximately articles, books, and chapters, Dr.
The Mathematics of Sex
He has received lifetime contribution awards from various professional associations. She has authored or edited thirteen books and dozens of articles, including the volume Why Aren't More Women in Science? All further considerations of this important issue in scholarly debates, schooling, politics and policy, the public and the media, must now start with this book.
Anyone who wants to encourage girls to pursue careers in science and math will find much to cheer about. It should be required reading for parents, teachers, school administrators, guidance counselors, and everyone else who has ever wondered why there are so few female scientists and mathematicians.
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Chapter 1 A multidimensional problem. Chapter 4 Challenges to the environmental position. Chapter 5 Challenges to the biological position. Chapter 6 Background and trend data. Chapter 7 Comparisons across societies cultures and developmental stages. Chapter 8 Conclusions and synthesis. Chapter 9 What next?
The Mathematics of Sex - Stephen J. Ceci; Wendy M. Williams - Oxford University Press
Research and policy recommendations. The author of approximately articles, books, and chapters, Dr. He has received lifetime contribution awards from various professional associations. She has authored or edited thirteen books and dozens of articles, including the volume Why Aren't More Women in Science?