Am J Psychiatry 1981; 138:1357-1361
Copyright © 1981 by American Psychiatric Association
Women in academic psychiatry: politics and progress
CB Robinowitz, CC Nadelson and MT Notman
The progress of women in academic psychiatry depends in part on the social
and institutionalized administrative patterns expressed through faculty
attitudes, hiring practices, and other conditions of the field as they are
currently structured. As the numbers of women increase, their specialness
will decrease, and accommodations to particular needs and variations may
become accepted as part of the system. This success in modifying the system
will be self-perpetuating, proportional, and appropriate, leading to more
participation of women in academic psychiatry.
