Article encouraging women to become engineers ends with "Who runs the world? Girls."

imbignate · 2013-11-06T20:20:17+00:00

The thing is, they just don't want to be engineers.

CaptainChewbacca · 2013-11-06T20:32:11+00:00

If you run the world, you very rarely need to vocalize that. If, on the other hand, you're very insecure about your place in the world you might go around claiming more authority than you actually have.

SRSLovesGawker · 2013-11-06T16:45:05+00:00

That's clearly a little bit of "Go get 'em!" style rhetoric. Don't read too much into it.

As for women in engineering (or any male dominated field), I'm all for it if they can do the job. If you can build a bridge, write bug-free code, or manipulate the right atoms into the molecule that will be the next wonder drug, then welcome aboard. Merit should be gender blind, and in STEM fields you stand a better chance than most that it will be. In the end, either the bridge stands up or it doesn't, the code runs or it doesn't, the drug works or it doesn't.

Collective82 · 2013-11-07T08:45:19+00:00

Professor Elena Rodriguez-Falcon from the department of mechanical engineering at the University of Sheffield says: "My hunch is that the term 'engineering' in this country is often confused with vocational jobs. If you become an engineer you're going to be fixing cars, machines, collecting rubbish and things like that."

Is the opinion so different over the pond vs in America? I would never equate a mechanic or garbage man to an engineer. This just sounds ignorant and stupid.

guisar · 2013-11-06T16:13:53+00:00

I think its great if women get into science and engineering as techies are IMHO way more about actual competency than other industries like wanking.

MS2point0 · 2013-11-07T03:09:06+00:00

So I guess we live under a matriarchy then if girls run the world.

Dick_McNulty · 2013-11-07T06:17:59+00:00

I don't really give a shit who is the engineer, a man or a woman. I just want some goddamn good results. Patting yourselves on the back like this is counterproductive.

JayBopara · 2013-11-07T02:06:18+00:00

I like the sentiment of the article, however, once again they miss the actual reason why there are so view female engineers. BIOLOGY. Unbelievable. In my experience, most people are completely clueless on this, but look at the research from scientists such as Cohen Barron, and it is pretty clear that biology plays a major part.

Title	Article encouraging women to become engineers ends with "Who runs the world? Girls."
Author	andreipmbcn
Upvotes	21
Comments	16
Date	November 6, 2013 4:03 PM UTC (12 years ago)
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