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“Well, then why should we do anything more than once? Should I just smoke this one cigarette? Maybe we should only have sex once, if it's the same thing. Should we just watch one sunset? Or live just one day? Because it's new every time. Each time is a different experience.”
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“Seymour and Hewitt (1997), in Talking About Leaving, speculate that “gender differences in perceived degrees of freedom to choose and to change direction” lead more women than men to leave the sciences (p. 278). They suggest that especially among students from socially and economically advantaged backgrounds, women choose disciplines “largely by the degree of personal satisfaction they offer” and “pay less regard to their economic viability” (p. 279). The result is that when the math-science tightrope becomes culturally or academically uncomfortable, women with safety nets may jump:”
― Unlocking the Clubhouse: Women in Computing
― Unlocking the Clubhouse: Women in Computing
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