The Gender Equality Paradox - A(n Indirect) Rebuttal to "Women are Prevented from Entering STEM Fields"

2013-07-13T22:09:00+00:00

At about the 5:05 mark a nurse sums up why women are not in stem fields: "It is not as exciting as working with people and talking."

Mr_Rivers · 2013-07-13T22:11:05+00:00

This is a prime example of how a circlegerk in the 'gender studies' departments in some universities can get some of the most idiotic people able to call themselves 'doctors'.

I would fucking LOVE to see a panel of them come up against a panel of proper scientists like the ones they outright refuse to aknowledge in the video

2013-07-13T21:06:21+00:00

Great documentary. I'm slightly annoyed by how the representatives for my country chooses to just ignore evidence.

Bitdude · 2013-07-14T01:11:27+00:00

Fascinating. Seems like at the end the interviewer was leaning towards biologically caused gender differences, and not environmental ones.

CosmicKeys · 2013-07-14T03:17:01+00:00

I liked this documentary, it showed some great points. However, a study like this one is a direct rebuttal to the idea there is no discrimination against women in STEM.

EDIT: And you all know that if this was a study done in reverse about men being discriminated against in the court systems (like this one), you would all support it 100%. So don't diminish the seriousness of it.

SchalaZeal01 · 2013-07-14T13:19:10+00:00

Much of the problem with women entering STEM fields comes from them thinking it's nerd, and that nerd = unmasculine man (ie no woman is a nerd).

And much in the same way that stereotypes make it rare enough to have little boys in ballet and in figure skating, stereotypes make it rare enough to have little girls in IT and videogame creation.

They both have the capacity for it. Women are told it will be wimpy, acne-prone basement-dwellers, who phantasm at the idea of having a woman even look at them. That the environment will involve nothing social, because nerds are all awkward hermits, and that they themselves will be less accepted by others socially.

Basically they think the place is full of Jeffs and Lesters from Chuck TV show. Because this is what they've been told to expect.

In other countries, like say, India, women have no problem going into IT. I wonder why...

Title	The Gender Equality Paradox - A(n Indirect) Rebuttal to "Women are Prevented from Entering STEM Fields"
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Date	July 13, 2013 7:44 PM UTC (13 years ago)
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