This law sparked a debate nationally but also internationally. A new trend is emerging β criminalising the buyers, traffickers and pimps that fuel the commercial sex industry, while decriminalising and providing services and exit options to people in prostitution. So where does the truth lie? Should prostitution be legal? Should the demand be criminalized? After having read extensively on the subject, I tend to agree with the Nordic model.
If you feel you are not convinced, read further. I work in a research and educational institution which specializes in tropical medicine. While the gender balance is quite good if we look at all employees, there is certainly much less balance if we see the number of women in leadership positions.
So why are there so few women holding leadership positions in research and academia? And why are there even less women in science than in other fields of academia? Recently I have had a number of discussions on these issues mostly on Facebook , and it struck me how many men and women! Some of these discussions ended up being about nature vs nurture, in which I was trying to argue that if, from an early age you wire little girls in way that they think that science is for boys, then they will not see that as a valid option for themselves regardless of their otherwise inherent interests.
And where does this begin? Some argue it begins with toys. Because if you so do, this is what happens:. You may have also seen the video by GoldieBlox that went viral on social media after being picked up by Upworthy. Their founder, Debbie Sterling, is a Stanford engineer who decided last year that girls need more choices than the pink aisle has to offer.
So what happens after these little girls grow up, and despite all the playtime with dolls and make-up, they still decide to enter the masculine world of science? A co-worker sent me this photo he took on the busy streets of Brussels.
