Gender bias in academia: A lifetime problem that needs solutions
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Llorens, Anaïs | Tzovara, Athina | Bellier, Ludovic | Bhaya-Grossman, Ilina | Bidet-Caulet, Aurélie | Chang, William | Cross, Zachariah | Dominguez-Faus, Rosa | Flinker, Adeen | Fonken, Yvonne | Gorenstein, Mark | Holdgraf, Chris | Hoy, Colin | Ivanova, Maria | Jimenez, Richard | Jun, Soyeon | Kam, Julia W.Y. | Kidd, Celeste | Marcelle, Enitan | Marciano, Deborah | Martin, Stephanie | Myers, Nicholas | Ojala, Karita | Perry, Anat | Pinheiro-Chagas, Pedro | Riès, Stephanie | Saez, Ignacio | Skelin, Ivan | Slama, Katarina | Staveland, Brooke | Bassett, Danielle | Buffalo, Elizabeth | Fairhall, Adrienne | Kopell, Nancy | Kray, Laura | Lin, Jack | Nobre, Anna | Riley, Dylan | Solbakk, Anne-Kristin | Wallis, Joni | Wang, Xiao-Jing | Yuval-Greenberg, Shlomit | Kastner, Sabine | Knight, Robert | Dronkers, Nina
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Despite increased awareness of the lack of gender equity in academia and a growing number of initiatives to address issues of diversity, change is slow, and inequalities remain. A major source of inequity is gender bias, which has a substantial negative impact on the careers, work-life balance, and mental health of underrepresented groups in science. Here, we argue that gender bias is not a single problem but manifests as a collection of distinct issues that impact researchers’ lives. We disentangle these facets and propose concrete solutions that can be adopted by individuals, academic institutions, and society