"Gender, Science, and Myths of Merit": A talk with Marlene Zuk November 5, 2008

Despite some recent progress, women still lag behind men in the sciences, especially at more senior levels of achievement. What's responsible for this disparity? People like former Harvard president Larry Summers suggest that women and men have different intrinsic abilities that lead to women being less capable at math and science. Others believe that women choose not to advance, perhaps because of the difficulties in achieving a "work-life balance". Zuk suggests that instead of either of these explanations, much of the problem lies in our biases in evaluating men and women. Marlene Zuk is a professor of Biology at the University of California, Riverside.

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