mekka okereke Oct 4, 2024

Half of all science publishers quit within 10 years. Women quit more than men. Bunch of quitters!

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03222-7

🤔Quit? Or were driven out?

My favorite* part is that women in CompSci, Engineering, Math, and Physics, are less likely to stop publishing than women in less sexist academic fields. Possibly because we run young girls in Math/CS/Eng/Physics through a sexism gauntlet from day 1, so by the time they're grown women the survivors cope with gendered hostility better.😮

(*Least)

Nearly 50% of researchers quit science within a decade, huge study reveals

Twenty years of publishing data across many countries and disciplines show women are more likely than men to leave research.

Show threadMishell Baker gladly
@mekkaokereke Just want you to know - due to my health I have pretty much winnowed my social media feeds down to pictures of flowers and birds and stars - and you. Because no matter how brutal the truths you give us, you always know just how to make the reasons and the solutions clear, and I learn so much. I never feel like you're just "Doomscroll"; it feels like you're out to change the world one post at a time, and I love that. So thanks for being you.
Oct 4, 2024 at 2:44pmWeb
Show threadmekka okereke Oct 4, 2024

@mishellbaker

♥️ Yes! We can change this stuff!

(🤔Flowers and birds and stars is a much better feed though! Honestly that sounds so great! BRB... going to go look at that!)

Show threadMishell Baker gladlyOct 4, 2024
@mekkaokereke Ha, yes, sometimes even the bravest of us just need a bit of respite. Enjoy. :)