Unlocking the Clubhouse Quotes

“Seymour and Hewitt (1997), in Talking About Leaving, speculate that “gender differences in perceived degrees of freedom to choose and to change direction” lead more women than men to leave the sciences (p. 278). They suggest that especially among students from socially and economically advantaged backgrounds, women choose disciplines “largely by the degree of personal satisfaction they offer” and “pay less regard to their economic viability” (p. 279). The result is that when the math-science tightrope becomes culturally or academically uncomfortable, women with safety nets may jump:”
― Jane Margolis, Unlocking the Clubhouse: Women in Computing