Studies from J.M. Weigt and colleagues provide new data on life sciences.

"Noting an inattention to the specific ways in which class, race, and gender combine to affect work-family management, we conducted a qualitative exploration of the processes of intersectionality. Our analysis relies on two points on a continuum of class experiences provided by two groups of predominately white female workers: low-wage service workers and assistant professors," scientists in San Marino report (see also Life Sciences).

"Drawing on in-depth interviews with each group, we examine the similarities and differences in their experiences of negotiating their work worlds as they tried to meet family demands. We focus on the ways in which class and gender interacted to shape these women's everyday lives in different ways. While we found that women privileged by class were privileged in their abilities to manage work and family demands, we also found that class shaped the gendered experiences of these women differently. Our data suggest that, in the realm of work-family management, class mutes gendered experiences for assistant professors while it exacerbates gendered experiences for ...