Yes Virginia, There Is a Gender Disparity Problem—and It Goes Beyond STEM

Satoris S. Howes, Jaime Henning, Maura J. Mills and Ann Hergatt Huffman

Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 2018, vol. 11, issue 2, 318-323

Abstract: Miner et al. (2018) do an excellent job of bringing the issue of gender disparity within STEM to the forefront of I-O psychology. However, we believe the focus on STEM is woefully inadequate and urge I-O psychologists to think bigger, better, and broader. There are clear problems with the way women are viewed and treated within the workforce, within the United States, and globally. In narrowing the discussion of the problem to target only STEM, we dramatically limit our understanding of and potential impact on the multifaceted and complex gender disparity problem in the world of work. Furthermore, we assert there are additional legitimizing myths that must be addressed in order to yield a more complete picture of the dilemma and allow us to move forward to make an impact.

Date: 2018
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