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Thébaud, S., & Taylor, C. J. (2021). The specter of motherhood: Culture and the production of gendered career aspirations in science and engineering. Gender & society, 35(3), 395-421.
Thébaud, Sarah, and Catherine J. Taylor. "The specter of motherhood: Culture and the production of gendered career aspirations in science and engineering." Gender & society 35.3 (2021): 395-421.
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S Thébaud, CJ Taylor - Gender & society, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com

The specter of motherhood: Culture and the production of gendered career aspirations in science and engineering.

ADVANCE: Organizational Change for Gender Equity in STEM Academic Professions AND Program Evaluation

Taylor, Thébaud

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Why are young women less likely than young men to persist in academic science and engineering? Drawing on 57 in-depth interviews with PhD students and postdoctoral scholars in the United States, we describe how, in academic science and engineering, motherhood is constructed in opposition to professional legitimacy, and as a subject of fear, repudiation, and public controversy. We call this the “specter of motherhood.” This specter disadvantages young women and amplifies anticipatory concerns about combining an …

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