At the end of this century, it is wholly inexcusable that centers of excellence and academic teaching should remain bastions of male privilege and power. In most countries of the world, more effort is needed to identify and appoint qualified women into the area of science. In addition, short term programs are needed to increase the pool of scientific women eligible for top positions.
Some rules govern the status and distribution of women in science.
Maria Mitchell revealed a persistent barrier to women in science, namely, sex-role stereotype of women as emotional, artistic and delicate, which suggests that they are not suited to science. On the contrary, sex - role stereotype of men as logical analytical and rigorous used to describe science as masculine. However, there is much greater sex imbalance in the area of science. In Germany, there is a general concern about the number of girls studying physics in depth. In Finland, although women and men have an equal role in the working life, they are working in different tracks.