“I am not a feminist, but. . .”: hegemony of a meritocratic ideology and the limits of critique among women in engineering

Engineering is often described as an enduring bastion of masculine culture where women experience marginality. Using diaries from undergraduate engineering students at four universities, the authors explore women’s interpretations of their status within the profession. The authors’ findings show tha...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Seron, Carroll, Silbey, Susan S, Cech, Erin, Rubineau, Brian
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Anthropology Program
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publications 2020
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/124529