在学术生殖内分泌学和不孕症中对性别差异的看法
Jessica H Selter1, Julia Moyett2, Thomas Price1
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.
Human fertility (Cambridge, England)
|October 1, 2023
概括
在学术生殖内分泌和不孕症 (REI) 中,尽管女性与男性的比例在变化,但性别差异仍然存在. 在实践中更长时间的女性不太可能成为常任教授,这表明有系统的进步障碍.
科学领域:
- 生殖医学 生殖医学
- 医学教育 医学教育
- 医学中的性别研究.
背景情况:
- 生殖内分泌和不孕症 (REI) 领域的性别代表性随着时间的推移而发生变化.
- 了解学术领导和等级中的性别动态对于解决潜在的差异至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 在REI子专业内调查学术等级和领导职位的性别差异.
- 评估学术REI专业人员对性别代表和差异的态度.
主要方法:
- 一项调查在2021年3月分发给生殖内分泌和不孕症协会 (SREI) 的成员.
- 收集的数据包括性别,学术等级,领导角色和对性别差异的看法.
- 为了进行比较,使用了统计分析,包括奇平方和菲舍尔精确测试.
主要成果:
- 总共有237名SREI成员回答了 (28.8%的响应率),其中176名在学术医学.
- 在学术REI中,女性对男性的比例在实践不到10年 (5.8:1) 与超过10年的 (1.1:1) 相比,在实践中显著增加.
- 在实践超过10年的学生中,男性更有可能成为常任教授 (72.3%对48.5%),而女性更有可能成为助理教授 (17%对3%). 在副教授等级上没有显著的差异.
- 在实践中,领导职位 (部门主任,奖学金主任) 跨年没有性别差异.
- 68.2%的受访者认为在学术等级上存在性别差异,女性更有可能持有这种观点 (79%对52.1%).
结论:
- 学术REI的性别组成发生了变化,近年来女性代表性显著增加.
- 尽管比例发生了变化,领导机会均等,但在学术等级上,特别是在全职教授级别,女性实践时间较长的女性仍然存在明显的性别差异.
- 系统性因素被认为限制了女性在REI的学术进步.
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