Just like in medical research, women are ignored. The same people who exclude women from research are the same that scream about how there are two distinctly different biological sexes. Why is there an epidemic of knee injuries in women’s and girls’ sports? Because training and recovery methods were developed for men.
I'm grateful that you are writing about this. As a middle aged woman and athlete (and someone who works in scientific publishing), it's been really disappointing to never find useful data and studies.
Just like in medical research, women are ignored. The same people who exclude women from research are the same that scream about how there are two distinctly different biological sexes. Why is there an epidemic of knee injuries in women’s and girls’ sports? Because training and recovery methods were developed for men.
Did any interviews with you get published this past week 🫠 Maybe you can include a link in your next one
Ugh. But thank you for writing about this. Years ago for a work project, we interviewed and surveyed dozens and dozens of very high-achieving women scientists and researchers and uncovered a whole sad set of systemic biases (https://www.fondationloreal.com/sites/default/files/2021-04/Cahiers_de_la_Fondation%20L%27Or%C3%A9al%20English.pdf) - and these are from the women who *stayed* in science! Women's underrepresentation as researchers has very real consequences and harms. (And maybe the leaky pipeline is the wrong metaphor; it's really 'broken scaffolding': https://ssir.org/articles/entry/leaky_pipelines_or_broken_scaffolding_supporting_womens_leadership_in_stem)
Ohhhh, broken scaffolding is a much better metaphor. Thanks for sharing these resources, especially your report and look forward to reading it!
I'm grateful that you are writing about this. As a middle aged woman and athlete (and someone who works in scientific publishing), it's been really disappointing to never find useful data and studies.