Maybe it's that a) in female dominant fields, we have women running things with a "scarcity mindset" and they are stingier re: grants and support in general, in addition to having internalized misogyny; and b) in male-dominant fields, men are more generous because they are used to giving themselves big handouts to get things done, and as long as only a few women are getting them, they can maintain that they are doing "vErY IMpoRtaNT wOrK," whereas too many women in the field would undermine that mythos.
xuxunetteSeptember 24, 2024(Edited September 24, 2024)
I'd say that the scarcity mindset is expected of women.
Because to prove you have value, anything you accomplish has got to get done x times cheaper than men. Because, you know, why else have women in any position at all?
edit: just realised what you meant by scarcity mindset.
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Maybe it's that a) in female dominant fields, we have women running things with a "scarcity mindset" and they are stingier re: grants and support in general, in addition to having internalized misogyny; and b) in male-dominant fields, men are more generous because they are used to giving themselves big handouts to get things done, and as long as only a few women are getting them, they can maintain that they are doing "vErY IMpoRtaNT wOrK," whereas too many women in the field would undermine that mythos.
I'd say that the scarcity mindset is expected of women. Because to prove you have value, anything you accomplish has got to get done x times cheaper than men. Because, you know, why else have women in any position at all?
edit: just realised what you meant by scarcity mindset.
Yes, thanks for unpacking it some more.