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Gender Equality in Science--Who Cares?
Lewyn Li
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138
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April 2002
Vol. 79 No. 4
p. 418
Abstract
In this article, I address three questions: first, and most important, why scientists at all levels should care about gender equity in research; second, why there are so few women in science, from graduate school all the way to top-level research in academia and industry; and finally, what can be done to redress the imbalance. I argue that we should strive for gender equity because of a sense of justice, a desire to advance scientific knowledge, and a wish to improve the public image of science. I also make specific proposals that would make scientific research friendlier toward women, especially in graduate education.
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 Li, Lewyn. J. Chem. Educ. 2002 79 418.
*  Keywords
 Ethics; Graduate Education / Research; Public Understanding; TA Training; Women in Chemistry
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