Gender issues is now a touchy subject, and statistics show how dire the disparity between men and women is, especially when considering the employment patterns in the sphere of science and technology. Even though now the situation in education seems to look up, women appear to face troubles afterwards, when their career is supposed to start. There is a reason for such a phenomenon and few remedies to it too.
Nowadays, when battle of sexes is allegedly in the past and women are no longer seen as a weaker sex and a household tool, the problem of female employment in science and technology perpetuates. Younger women, for example, are taken as future mothers, and their possible employers prefer not to risk having a female worker going on maternal leave right away. In their eyes it is much safer to hire an older woman, or a male counterpart. Female employment rate in Russia seems to be a case in point.
The solution for such a matter might be tax incentives implemented by government. Having it imposed on science and technology connected workplaces, this will ensure that a sufficient number of female graduates is employed and no sexism is tolerated. In movie industry, for example, there is a minority rate that opens the door for many people that face discrimination in the sphere of entertainment. Also, if a direct connection between workplaces and educational institutions is established, all graduates can no longer face the dreadful fear of being unemployed. This approach, however, can only work when both of the above-mentioned measures are taken.
In conclusion, the employment methods in the field of science and technology need a radical overhaul, for women are still mistrusted there. Measures taken by government, on the other hand, can solve this problem, making it possible for female scientists to carve out their place in science.
Gender issues is
now
a touchy subject, and statistics
show
how dire the disparity between
men
and
women
is,
especially
when considering the
employment
patterns in the sphere of
science
and
technology
.
Even though
now
the situation in education seems to look up,
women
appear to face troubles afterwards, when their career
is supposed
to
start
. There is a reason for such a phenomenon and few remedies to it too.
Nowadays, when battle of sexes is allegedly in the past and
women
are no longer
seen
as a
weaker sex
and a household tool, the problem of
female
employment
in
science
and
technology
perpetuates. Younger
women
,
for example
,
are taken
as future mothers, and their possible employers prefer not to
risk
having a
female
worker going on maternal
leave
right away. In their eyes it is much safer to hire an older woman, or a male counterpart.
Female
employment
rate in Russia seems to be a case in point.
The solution for such a matter might be tax incentives implemented by
government
. Having it imposed on
science
and
technology
connected workplaces, this will ensure that a sufficient number of
female
graduates
is employed
and no sexism
is tolerated
. In movie industry,
for example
, there is a minority rate that opens the door for
many
people
that face discrimination in the sphere of entertainment.
Also
, if a direct
connection between
workplaces and educational institutions
is established
, all graduates can no longer face the dreadful fear of
being unemployed
. This approach,
however
, can
only
work when both of the above-mentioned measures
are taken
.
In conclusion
, the
employment
methods in the field of
science
and
technology
need a radical overhaul, for
women
are
still
mistrusted there. Measures taken by
government
,
on the other hand
, can solve this problem, making it possible for
female
scientists to carve out their place in
science
.