tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937585902833836482.post6690288445362447563..comments2024-03-21T08:31:35.856-04:00Comments on parenthropology: 21 percentparenthropologisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03778354783812302873noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937585902833836482.post-7710227907761944332010-06-14T22:45:39.625-04:002010-06-14T22:45:39.625-04:00Straight-man here to say that the 21% female figur...Straight-man here to say that the 21% female figure from philosophy definitely holding up at this NEH conference, and the slight correction to the post to say that not only are there few women, to my knowledge none of them are in the throes of childcare. There are other men here with small children but they either left the family behind (thank you, sweetie!) or in one case the spouse came along two with the two kids.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937585902833836482.post-16013986722024639922010-06-16T07:18:32.789-04:002010-06-16T07:18:32.789-04:00Touched a raw nerve here. I would love to go to a...Touched a raw nerve here. I would love to go to an NEH seminar but that is not happening while my kids are young. 3 weeks is a long time to be away from your kids. <br><br>Also, about the abundance of women in anthropology: it is one reason my life as a professor has been a downhill slide. I got so used to that in grad school, being surrounded by wonderful women. Then I got to small college in the boonies where I am now the only woman in my dept. You would not believe the stuff I am supposed to put up with. Grrrr.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com