要約

In 1991, a 6-year program was initiated at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, to stimulate the retention and promotion of women scientists, mathematicians, and engineers and to support women graduate students in the same fields. The program included modest financial support, mentoring, and networking opportunities for faculty and graduate students. The results of the program suggest that such initiatives can increase the number of women in science, mathematics, and engineering. Furthermore, with increasing numbers, women faculty feel more comfortable in an institution. The presence of more female mentors seems to have contributed to attracting and graduating more female graduate students.

Many women scientists ignore or do not resist the gendering practices that surround them, while others are acutely sensitive and resistant, and still others manage to be conscious of but successfully negotiate the treacherous gender shoals in which they work. (Kohlstedt and Longino, 1997, p. 12)