Racism In The Medical Field Essay

For this Connect to your World Activity I found two different articles about sexism and racism in STEM fields. The first article I found was about sexism in peer reviewing, and suggesting a male co-author would improve the work. The second being about sex and race determining how much you will get paid in the medical field. The first article from The Washington Post was titled, “Sexism In Science: Peer Editor Tells Female Researchers Their Study Needs A Male Author”. This article was about two female researchers who submitted their manuscript for peer review. The reviewer suggested adding a male co-author to improve their manuscript. The reviewer claimed it would help to prevent any biased assumptions. The reviewer went on to say work with men co-authors are published in better journals and suggested that …show more content…
The article talks about white males being paid more than both black people and women. The article claims that white doctors make about $60,000 more than black doctors and male doctors make about $20,000 more than women doctors. We often hear about the wage gap between men and women but I was shocked about how huge the wage gap was between black and white doctors. This is even worse when you consider Intersectionality, black women could potentially get paid some where between $20,000-80,000 less than her fellow doctors. They gave three possible reasons for the age gap between men and women. One reason was women are less aggressive when negotiating wage, second being women are less likely to solicit outside job offers, and the third reason being real discrimination is occurring either consciously or unconsciously. I personally believe that an unconscious discrimination is the cause behind gender and race pay gaps. We live in a society with so many gender stereotypes that I believe it is impossible to not have some unconscious biases or