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SUMMARY:Panel discussion: &quot\;Why Are There Still So Few Women in Scien
 ce?&quot\; - Prof Gail Davey\, Prof Simon Baron-Cohen\, Prof Anne Davis\, 
 Dr Patricia Fara\, Dr Liberty Barnes
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DTEND:20150211T210000Z
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CONTACT:Patrick Szmucer
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 rof Gail Davey (1984) will introduce the evening by recounting her experie
 nces as one of the first women scientists at Pembroke. She will then be jo
 ined by a panel consisting of Prof Simon Baron-Cohen (developmental psycho
 logist and Director of the Autism Research Centre)\, Prof Anne Davis (appl
 ied mathematician and University Gender Champion)\, Dr Patricia Fara (hist
 orian of women in science and Senior Tutor at Clare College) and Dr Libert
 y Barnes (sociologist researching gender issues and fertility) to discuss 
 the possible social and biological causes of the gender discrepancy in the
  scientific fields.\n\nWe will be exploring questions such as: Considering
  that girls and boys are equally as likely to study STEM subjects right up
  until A-Level\, can the later discrepancies be put down to gender stereot
 yping in their first few years of life? What is the cause of the apparent 
 ‘leaky pipeline’\, where women are lost in large numbers at every stag
 e between undergraduate and professorship? Do you think we can give any we
 ight to the ‘difference feminism’ perspective? Whether or not women ha
 ve an equal aptitude for science as men\, do their preferences differ?
LOCATION:Old Library\, Pembroke College
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