Women must be permitted to hold research positions longer if the gender gap in Japanese academia is to diminish. – Japan Today

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Naoki Masuda, a network science professor at the State University of New York at Buffalo. Gender inequality in academia seems to be entrenched in Japan, so much so that even China and South Korea have a better record in this area, according to a study by researchers from Japan and the United State of 100 million academic papers released between 1950 and 2020.
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“permitted”? Does the system force them to quit after a specified period?
“permitted”? Does the system force them to quit after a specified period?
Is not only “the system” but the culture of the country, where women are expected (pressured) to raise a family without giving support to continue their careers. For all practical purposes women are being forced out of their profession in order to fulfill the expectations of society, something that companies and institutions let happen or even facilitate.
This is part of it, but part is that faculty and hiring committees at most universities are dominated by older men. Many are still biased against women as researchers.
I don’t know what this quote is really about though, extending the terms of postdoc and other limited term academic positions for women? They need more permanent positions, not just longer limited term ones.
Is not only “the system” but the culture of the country, where women are expected (pressured) to raise a family without giving support to continue their careers. For all practical purposes women are being forced out of their profession in order to fulfill the expectations of society, something that companies and institutions let happen or even facilitate.
We all know these things. We all know that nothing ever, ever really changes. It’s laughable. It’s e-n-d-l-e-s-s…
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