Summary:
Despite increased awareness of the lack of gender equity in academia and a growing number of initiatives to address issues of diversity, change is slow, and inequalities remain. A major source of inequity is gender bias, which has a substantial negative impact on the careers, work-life balance, and mental health of underrepresented groups in science. Here, we argue that gender bias is not a single problem but manifests as a collection of distinct issues that impact researchers’ lives. We disentangle these facets and propose concrete solutions that can be adopted by individuals, academic institutions, and society.
Authors:
Anaïs Llorens
Athina Tzovara
Ludovic Bellier
Ilina Bhaya-Grossman
Aurélie Bidet-Caulet
William K Chang
Zachariah R Cross
Rosa Dominguez-Faus
Adeen Flinker
Yvonne Fonken
Mark A Gorenstein
Chris Holdgraf
Colin W Hoy
Maria V Ivanova
Richard T Jimenez
Soyeon Jun
Julia WY Kam
Celeste Kidd
Enitan Marcelle
Deborah Marciano
Stephanie Martin
Nicholas E Myers
Karita Ojala
Anat Perry
Pedro Pinheiro-Chagas
Stephanie K Riès
Ignacio Saez
Ivan Skelin
Katarina Slama
Brooke Staveland
Danielle S Bassett
Elizabeth A Buffalo
Adrienne L Fairhall
Nancy J Kopell
Laura J Kray
Jack J Lin
Anna C Nobre
Dylan Riley
Anne-Kristin Solbakk
Joni D Wallis
Xiao-Jing Wang
Shlomit Yuval-Greenberg
Sabine Kastner
Robert T Knight
Nina F Dronkers
Date: 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2021.06.002