Nature Debates (cont'd)

Rosemary Sutton

The scientific journal Nature runs web debates on current topics and late last year had one entitled Why are there so few women in science? Titles for the first 3 weeks discussion were published in the last WISENET Journal.

4th week

Men - part of the solution not just part of the problem
Campbell Warden (EARMA)

Objectivity, rationality and truth are the best arguments for more women in science
Kristina Rolin (University of Helsinki)

5th week

A scientific code of ethics would improve opportunity for women.
Samuel Gorovitz (Syracuse University, New York)

We must question why, and for whose benefit and cost, things are as they are.
Marilyn Mac Donald (Simon Fraser University, Canada)

Role models, society and expectations: a subtle and challenging route
Lisa O'Connor (Kalgoorlie, Australia)

6th week

Numbers are not enough: filters, sponsors and supporters
Elizabeth Poskitt (Geneva, Switzerland).

E-mail contributions

Will more women in agricultural research change the agenda?
Gerdien Meijerink

European bureaucracy has to wake up to flexibility.
Margit Burmeister

British universities should reward teaching and administration excellence.
Joanna B. Wilson

Is the glass ceiling an illusion?
Valerie Randle

Geophysics - 'I really don't think it's what women should do'
Anonymous (University of Queensland)

An historical anecdote about unanticipated consequences
Hilary Rose

Life as a quadruple minority - never give up.
Mookambeswaran Vijayalakshmi

Cognitive differences between men and women may be important.
David Deming

'Failings' of the academic system are a symptom - not a cause.
Jim Lemon

Examine funding equity at NIH and NSF.
P. Kay. Lund

Entrenched and aggressive attitudes will remain the basis of discrimination for the next generation of young women.
Karen Kempsell

Cost-Benefit Analysis: Why the Pipeline will Always Leak
Carol Ashby

This debate is a 'non-subject'.
Richard Ebright

Husbands of women scientists must be equal partners.
Anonymous

Women should consider a career in taxonomy.
Miriam Rothschild

Men should take an equal share of childcare.
Deborah Phippard

UK parliament to pick up women in science debate
Sarah Pearce

Discrimination compromises US national Security.
Cheryl Fillekes

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