Why are there significantly less women in S.T.E.M fields, what we can do to help
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Why are there significantly less women in S.T.E.M fields, what we can do to help
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 Why are there significantly less women in S.T.E.M fields, what we can do to help
December 23, 2015 at 6:21 am
Is it because of social pressure on women? Or are there any other reasons?
What can I do, as a person to make a change in this statistic?  RE: Why are there significantly less women in S.T.E.M fields, what we can do to help
December 23, 2015 at 7:40 am
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December 23, 2015 at 9:01 am
I applaud you Mathilda. We need more women like you.
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December 23, 2015 at 9:25 am
(This post was last modified: December 23, 2015 at 9:26 am by Alex K.)
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
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December 23, 2015 at 9:34 am
(This post was last modified: December 23, 2015 at 9:35 am by ErGingerbreadMandude.)
I don't understand why there are less women in STEM though.
I know really smart girls, well less in comparison to men but they are still pretty freaking smart. This girl I knew in 10th grade was like my arch enemy, intellectually of course. The sad part was that she defeated me in my own game, very often, which is kind of shocking cos I never nobody have ever owned me in my own game like she has. Which made me in furious and then I kind of liked her. I wish there were more women with the mental capacity like her's RE: Why are there significantly less women in S.T.E.M fields, what we can do to help
December 23, 2015 at 11:45 am
(This post was last modified: December 23, 2015 at 11:48 am by Alex K.)
In Germany, it starts with young women simply mostly choosing different careers after finishing school. It must be a subliminal message that it simply isn't for them. I'll work hard to keep that away from my daughter.
Sometimes it is not so subliminal. My wife who is 32 now actually and unbelievably got told by her physics teacher that higher maths is not really for her because she is a girl. I couldn't believe that this was still possible in the 90s. Now she has a phd in theoretical physics. Others get their spirit crushed by this shit.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
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December 23, 2015 at 11:52 am
I heard once that women are generally less good at certain things, like 3D visualisation and such. But I heard more recently the idea that if there are trends like this, it could be down to gender stereotyping and pushing boys more in academic fields than girls. As sadly mentioned above by Alex.
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December 23, 2015 at 12:01 pm
I think it's very shitty of anyone to tell someone regardless of their gender that they are inherently bad with anything because of their gender.
Honestly if I had a daughter and someone told her that she should just give up on the idea of whatever she likes the most because she's a girl. I will fucking kick the shit out of that person, regardless of their gender, ha! RE: Why are there significantly less women in S.T.E.M fields, what we can do to help
December 23, 2015 at 12:11 pm
(This post was last modified: December 23, 2015 at 12:13 pm by robvalue.)
I totally agree. I don't know how true that "trend" really was, I can't even remember where I heard it now. But take for example a repressive religious country where women don't get to do hardly anything except cook and have babies. You'd fully expect the result to be women with less developed skills in some areas, but not because women are inherently worse at anything.
I hope this kind of shit dies out soon. It seems to be getting better in the West, at least. I'm good at maths, but my A level female tutor could beat the shit out of me with the wet end of an x anyday.  RE: Why are there significantly less women in S.T.E.M fields, what we can do to help
December 23, 2015 at 5:48 pm
There was a podcast about this - it was either Point of Inquiry or Science for the People - and they were trying to apply actual statistics to this question. They said one way they saw a bump in STEM participation with girls was to actually tell girls there were fewer women in STEM. Just encouraging them to join wasn't enough. I don't remember all of it, but you might want to look it up.
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