任务型读写专练AWomenareavoidingacademiccareersinmathintensivefieldsbecausethelifestyleisconsistentwithmotherhood,researchersatCornellUniversityfoundinastudytobepublishednextmonthinAmericanScientistMagazine
Universitieshavelongbeencriticizedforhiringandevaluationpoliciesthatdiscriminateagainstwomen,butthefindingsofthisnewstudypointtothefemalebiologicalclockasamainreasonwhysofewwomenendupasprofessorsinfieldssuchasmath,engineering,physicsandcomputerscience
Awomanwhowantsafamilylooksatthetoughpathtoatenured(终身的)positionandconsidershowoldshewillbebeforeshecanstartafamilyandhowlittletimeshewillhavetoraiseherchildren
Manyofthosewomenchooseamoreflexiblecareer
“Universitieshavebeenlargelyinflexibleaboutanythingotherthanthestandardtimetable,whichmeansyou’llhavetostruggleforyearsandonlythenwouldyouconsiderg