“I Thought Philosophy Was a Girl Thing”

Teaching Philosophy 25 (3):213-226 (2002)
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This paper investigates why women in their first year enter philosophy at a representative level but their participation falls subsequently thereafter. Using data gathered from women students that are currently enrolled in a philosophy department at a university in Aotearoa New Zealand, the paper provides a set of recommendations for changing this pattern in women’s participation and how one particular department responded to these recommendations. In addition, the paper raises several reflective questions concerning the data gathered from women students, including why a number of women describe their experience in the philosophy department as being no different than that of their male counterparts.

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