Dossey, indeed you do have a life. But with no spouse and no kids, you have no
basis for understanding what those who do have kids face in managing to work
while managing their families. It is a great loss to science for them to drop
out of work, or to have to miss work in order to care for
I have to admit I was a bit taken aback by the statement of Aaron. If he
had said that about minorities and affirmative action, it would be CLEARLY
inappropriate. But women are still discriminated against, not just
deliberately by institutionally, and the plain facts are that despite
women and men
So an attempt to correct the institutionalized discrimination against women
in professional positions having children is discrimination against
child-free people? Then I suppose you can extend the argument that being
single with no children is a decision you've made with full knowledge of
its
We are all much too busy managing our work and families, parents no longer own
that distinction. To the degree that parenthood has been an informed choice for
the average postdoc for some time, my modest proposal would be to make this
opportunity available to any early career scientist who has
