Academia’s Missing Men
Men are disappearing from science and academia. The public perception is, however, exactly the opposite.
Lawrence M. Krauss
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Men are disappearing from science and academia. The public perception is, however, exactly the opposite.
It’s true that hair is a definitive socially-constructed characteristic of femininity (and masculinity) in many cultures.
My experience shows that sometimes gender discrepancies develop within a professional field for reasons that have little to do with discrimination, and everything to do with personal choice.
It wasn’t that these women cross-dressed to be men. It’s that they cross-dressed not to be women.