These circumstances impede professional development for many women scientists who must put off studies and even conduct double and triple work shifts. This places them at greater disadvantage in relation to their male colleagues who are able to rise in the categories of the academic regime, as is found at the University of Costa Rica, where the number of male professors in the most senior category is twice as high as the number of women.
Dichas circunstancias obstaculiza el desarrollo profesional, inclusive para las científicas que deben postergar e incluso realizar una doble o triple jornada laboral; lo que las coloca en mayor desventaja ante sus colegas que logran ascender en las categorías de Régimen Académico, como es el caso de la UCR, que duplican su presencia como catedráticos en comparación con las mujeres que llegan a ostentar dicha condición.