<![CDATA[“Women Are Not Earning More Philosophy PhD’s”]]>The figures are down from the heady days of 2004, when the numbers took us over 30%  Thanks to Evelyn Brister at Knowledge and Experience for posting the figures and starting off a really interesting discussion.

In the discussion, Sharon Crasnow remarks that the figure for 2004 generated hope because it seems to make a turning point in other fields.  The figure of 30-35% shows up in a number of  discussions of equality, since it takes that sort of percentage before the ‘outsiders’ stop looking like anomalies.  One of the important things in getting a woman selected for  a position, for example, is to try to get several women on the slate.

This is something that people planning conferences could keep in mind. 

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