Where Did That Promising Scientist Disappear To?

Where Did That Promising Scientist Disappear To?

5 years ago
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https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/voices/where-did-that-promising-scientist-disappear-to/

“You’re crazy if you have a baby before you get tenure.”

We both heard this refrain throughout our training as academic clinical psychologists. In college and graduate school, many of the female professors we knew didn’t have children. This sent us the implicit message that not having kids might be part of the recipe for success.