tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17577430.post115219136249555850..comments2024-03-17T02:17:34.680-05:00Comments on Philosophy Factory: Work/home balance challengesInside the Philosophy Factoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12255753259090709877noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17577430.post-1152352242865241272006-07-08T04:50:00.000-05:002006-07-08T04:50:00.000-05:00I considered being separated from my family for a ...I considered being separated from my family for a time to do research. I'm not doing it, but I considered it. Reverse the genders, though. <BR/><BR/>Yes, then I'm a bad mother. Except this tenure track job really is how I support my kid, pay the rent, etc. So how bad am I? <BR/><BR/>I'm not defending Dr. Dad. It's just that it can be really hard to get tenure. There's a lot I will do for it. And because I'm a woman, I couldn't wait until after I got tenure to have kids. And because I don't have a whole lot of other job skills up my sleeve I have to put my all into this job. So, life is complicated is all I'm saying.<BR/><BR/>If I hadn't made family compromises, many different ones, I would not have a tenure track job let alone a shot at tenure. So I guess I could blame myself or else I could look at the profession and think it's mighty screwed up.Ozmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02975578823318395358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17577430.post-1152202932787987382006-07-06T11:22:00.000-05:002006-07-06T11:22:00.000-05:00Omigod, yes. That is a pattern I see all too ofte...Omigod, yes. That is a pattern I see all too often in the academy. To be fair, I see it fairly equally in junior scholars of both genders, although the consequences for family-minded scholars who are women is worse. (I've heard it said too many times by administrators that they are suspipcious of junior faculty who are women getting pregnant simply to push back the tenure clock. True!)<BR/><BR/>But, to be successful at most universities, or getting to the R1-type university, often demands people to give up family in this way. Search committees view an adjunct taking a position away from the spouse favourably!! <BR/><BR/>The sick thing? I could easily see this happening to me, if I were to stay in the academy much longer. I've seen it happen to friends from grad school.<BR/><BR/>The epilogue to Dr. Dad's story is the comparandum of how many faculty get divorced before being promoted to full.<BR/><BR/>CheersApp Crithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07585269635212309400noreply@blogger.com