This chapter's focus on gender and scientific careers embodies a core tenet of science and
technology studies: science is deeply intertwined with processes of status building, power …

Social Science research on science careers tends to focus on gender as the primary
mechanism affecting which people enter and succeed in science. Despite the often narrow …

In the study of gender and society, science is a strategic analytic research site—because of
the hierarchical nature of gendered relations, generally, and the hierarchy of science …

The trend toward equality of educational and occupational attainment between women and
men in the US continues. However, buried beneath the aggregate statistics are what Yu Xie …

In the social study of science, gender is a critical research site because relations of gender
are hierarchical and inequality is a central feature of science. The focus here is on a key …

The first large-scale empirical analysis of the gender gap in science, showing how the
structure of scientific labor and rewards—publications, citations, funding—systematically …

Why don't more women become scientists? And why do those who do become scientists
often face more difficulties than their male counterparts? Every year, about a quarter of a …

Explanations for women's underrepresentation in math-intensive fields of science often
focus on sex discrimination in grant and manuscript reviewing, interviewing, and hiring …

Abstract examine the implications of research on gender and work for the study of sex
differences in the careers of scientists/at issue is whether the distinctive cognitive, normative …

Optimizing participation of different groups in science, technology, education, and
mathematics (STEM) fields requires a better understanding of how any disparities arise. With …