Women vs. men working in the scientific field

In Europe, more than half the population is female. But an astonishing fact is that women hold less then 15% of full professorships in Europe. This was found in a study by the She Figures 2006 from the European Commission. This percentage is increasing, but is still not as much as many people believe it should be. The study author's names are Ledin, Bornmann, Gannon and Wallon. At first, they thought that the cause of this was gender bias, but concluded that was not the case. This specific study looks at men and women working in the scientific field. The few things that they do know is that women work less adn take more time of for their family in Europe, which would lead to the male working all the time or a lot of it. A survey was given out, and the results found that traditional gender roles combined with a pervasive negative work culture appeared to be at the root of the lower success rate of women researchers versus men researchers. This is a while ago, and the rate is increasing but many people are still worried about women working in the scientific field in Europe.

Citation: "Gender Roles And Gender Bias Identified In Holding Back Women Scientists". Science Daily. 19 November 2007. 25 February 2009.