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by creep
3032 days ago
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Hi. Female in STEM here. >The fact is it’s harming people as a whole and talented women aren’t being treated fairly. What do you mean by this? Talented women aren't being treated fairly? Every girl has the option to choose a STEM field, but most don't. Nonetheless, women are in the majority for general enrollment at universities in Canada [1] (and I believe it is the same in the US). At my university in Alberta, we have numerous clubs, organizations, and programs supporting women going into STEM fields-- not including government-sponsored advertisement campaigns to encourage the choice for STEM. Around the world, there are countless organizations created to support and encourage women going to STEM [2], never mind various campus-specific programs and clubs especially in North America. I don't really see how women are being harmed. Maybe most women don't want to go into STEM. Maybe the biology argument is valid? Even if it's not, where is the harm, exactly? [1] http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/81-004-x/2008001/article/10561-... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_organizations_for_wome... |
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I think the harm they are talking about is this metoo movement. Sexual harassment, sexual abuse, etc.
In the 1950s and 1960s women dominated computer science and math and other things and then , not enough women taking classes so the microcomputer was aimed at boys because of video games but they forgot girls play video games too.
My mother worked on a punch card system and trained by IBM and did work for the public school system on an IBM mainframe. She quit because I was born and she wanted to take care of me. But that was her choice.