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Ajello AnnaMaria, Belardi Cristina, Calafiore Giulia, et al. Crossing the boundaries, entering the territory of science: Women and physics. 2013;325-349
Ajello, A. n. n. a. M. a. r. i. a., Belardi, C. r. i. s. t. i. n. a., Calafiore, G. i. u. l. i. a., & Cimmino, C. r. i. s. t. i. n. a. (2013). Crossing the boundaries, entering the territory of science: Women and physics. 325-349.
Ajello, Anna Maria, et al. "Crossing the boundaries, entering the territory of science: Women and physics." vol. (2013): 325-349.
Ajello AnnaMaria, Belardi Cristina, Calafiore Giulia, Cimmino Cristina. Crossing the boundaries, entering the territory of science: Women and physics. 2013;325-349. UIID-AD: 1437.
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2013;325-349.

Crossing the boundaries, entering the territory of science: Women and physics.

Anna Maria Ajello, Cristina Belardi, Giulia Calafiore, Cristina Cimmino

UIID-AD: 1437

Abstract

Despite a consistent presence of women in the professional workplace in the western countries, there is still underrepresentation of women in some working sectors historically considered male, and a lack of women at the top levels of all professions. Several factors have been proposed to explain the gap between men's and women's scientific careers. The most common one is the delay with which women start scientific professions compared to men, which supposedly justifies their absence at the top of organizations. Maternity is an even more important factor, together with an imbalance in gender roles in the family. A further factor, finally, concerns the presumed minor scientific productivity of women compared to men due to family commitments (Blickenstaff, 2005). A survey was carried out during the Understanding Puzzles in the Gendered European Map (UPGEM) research financed by the European Community (Ajello, Belardi, & Calafiore, 2008; Hasse, Bjerregaard Sinding, & Trentemøller, 2008) that looked deeply into the reasons why women scientists abandon the field of research as an imperceptible but constant phenomenon. In what follows, starting from the data of this research, we shall illustrate these reasons by inserting them in a more comprehensive picture, which depicts the entry of women in the world of science as a true crossing of boundaries. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2014 APA, all rights reserved). (chapter)

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