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These findings are in keeping with the figures in academia, where females scholars in International Relations are nevertheless a minority: 70 per cent of Overseas Relations (IR) faculty is male. The discrimination starts at the beginning of one’s profession: for example, among PhDs during the country’s top institution, Harvard, 5 % of men have been in IR in the place of two per cent of females. Discrimination will continue to occur throughout one’s profession: despite females constituting 50 % of the graduate population in political technology, they constitute just 40 % of IR faculty. Also, they are less inclined to work on research universities: more women IR scholars (48 %) instruct at liberal arts colleges or universities without Ph.D. Continue reading →