Lady Science

This may come as a shock to you, but science has something of an issue with sexism. I've written about this many times, and you can probably find a few hundred thousand more words about it elsewhere. The problems run a broad spectrum of issues, including pay, hiring practices, treatment of women in the lab/field/academic setting, publishing, the "leaky pipeline," and more. Worse, these issues have a long, entrenched, historical precedent. Even when we talk about them we run into problems, like h...