Gender bias in academia: A lifetime problem that needs solutions

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...

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Published in:	Neuron (Cambridge, Mass.) Vol. 109; no. 13; pp. 2047 - 2074
Main Authors:	Llorens, Anaïs, Tzovara, Athina, Bellier, Ludovic, Bhaya-Grossman, Ilina, Bidet-Caulet, Aurélie, Chang, William K, Cross, Zachariah R, Dominguez-Faus, Rosa, Flinker, Adeen, Fonken, Yvonne, Gorenstein, Mark A, Holdgraf, Chris, Hoy, Colin W, Ivanova, Maria V, Jimenez, Richard T, Jun, Soyeon, Kam, Julia W Y, Kidd, Celeste, Marcelle, Enitan, Marciano, Deborah, Martin, Stephanie, Myers, Nicholas E, Ojala, Karita, Perry, Anat, Pinheiro-Chagas, Pedro, Riès, Stephanie K, Saez, Ignacio, Skelin, Ivan, Slama, Katarina, Staveland, Brooke, Bassett, Danielle S, Buffalo, Elizabeth A, Fairhall, Adrienne L, Kopell, Nancy J, Kray, Laura J, Lin, Jack J, Nobre, Anna C, Riley, Dylan, Solbakk, Anne-Kristin, Wallis, Joni D, Wang, Xiao-Jing, Yuval-Greenberg, Shlomit, Kastner, Sabine, Knight, Robert T, Dronkers, Nina F
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Elsevier Limited 07-07-2021 Elsevier
Subjects:	Bias Career development planning Cognitive science Female Gender Gender Equity Gender identity Gender studies Humanities and Social Sciences Humans Male Neuroscience Neurosciences Research - organization & administration Research Personnel Science Sexism Society Stereotypes Tenure Universities - organization & administration Women United States > US
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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.
Bibliography:	ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 ObjectType-Review-3 content type line 23 PMCID: PMC8553227 originating project laboratories Co-senior authors of this article Equal contribution These authors contributed equally and are listed alphabetically
ISSN:	0896-6273 1097-4199 1097-4199
DOI:	10.1016/j.neuron.2021.06.002