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Gender-neutral family-friendly tenure policies hurt women, help men.

The NYT has the story here:

Alison Davis-Blake, dean of the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business, said these findings “clearly conform to what I see on the ground every day,” adding that “the extra year for men just disadvantages women.”

The problem, said Ms. Davis-Blake, is that “giving birth is not a gender-neutral event,” recalling that during her pregnancy, “I threw up every day.” She argued, “Policies that are neutral in the eyes of a lawyer are not neutral in fact.”

4 Comments

  1. The assertive (aka bitch) prof 06/26/2016

    Yup. That’s exactly how it goes. Add in total absence of extended family in town – since academics move cross country for their job – and you got it: it’s way harder to be a mom while being an academic. No help from anybody, ever – check.

  2. Anonymous 06/27/2016

    Does this hurt women who choose not to split themselves between a career and motherhood?

    • just different 06/27/2016

      Indirectly, yes, because they don’t get the extra year dads do while mom does most of the work. How many men faculty do you know who choose not to “split themselves” between a career and fatherhood?

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