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Asked by rolina23 to Ed, Hayley, Jason, Nathan, Sophie on 13 Mar 2013.
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Jason King answered on 13 Mar 2013:
This very much depends on the area of science that you are talking about. At university, there are certainly quite a lot more men than women doing degrees in Maths, physics and engineering and this means that you pretty much have to end up with more male physicists and mathematicians. On biology courses there are actually more women than men, but somehow this doesn’t seem to translate to more women as senior scientists. This is actually quite a big problem, as women are clearly as capable as men at doing science, and we seem to lose so much of that talent along the way. It’s a complicated issue though, and their is no easy way to sort it out. There are however lots of amazing female scientists out there, and there is no reason whatsoever what a your sex should affect your job as a scientist, if you really want it!
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Hayley Evers-King answered on 13 Mar 2013:
There’s been a lot of discussion about this in science recently. As there are overwhelmingly more male than female scientists in senior positions. I think this is partly a factor of time – men have been allowed and accepted in to the profession for much longer, so it will take a while to get more women through the university system and in to these roles. It’s also been suggested that it can be quite hard for women scientists to progress in their careers because they have to take time out to have children and this can effect how much time they have for their work. As Jason says, it’s not an easy situation to solve, but hopefully by taking part in events like this, we might get more girls interested in all aspects of science!
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