The "War on Women in Tech" is Fabricated

Lurker_IV · 2015-09-19T08:58:42+00:00

Here is an easy and (imo) clever way to point out how absurd this whole "women in STEM crisis" is.

If you happen to be in one of these speeches then ask the question (at the appropriate time), "I'm honored by your efforts. (or some other praise to soften them up) I experience misogyny and discrimination frequently in my life and my career. (make yourself relate-able and one of the group) Please tell me what other fields are women under-represented in and excluded by misogyny and need our activism?"

When the speaker can't name a single other college field with female under-representation throw out a couple high-paying ones: "Surely the misogyny and discrimination must be oppressing women the same way in other college degrees! What about accounting? Or Nursing and doctors? What about public accounting? Dentistry?"

Last I checked women have a majority in 99% of recognized college degrees (512 I think was the number) and STEM is pretty much the ONLY set of fields they don't have a majority. There were around 25 degrees in the STEM fields and men had a majority in 15 or 20 of them. Does anyone have that PDF handy b.t.w.?

How can misogyny and discrimination allow women to have a majority in 99% of degrees and then keep them out of the remaining 1%? Thats incredibly specific.

2015-09-20T03:53:41+00:00

I work construction and women are 'underrepresented' in my field cause it's hard dangerous work with shit pay.

redditorriot · 2015-09-19T12:20:39+00:00

No shit.

Title	The "War on Women in Tech" is Fabricated
Author	wazzup987
Upvotes	27
Comments	4
Date	September 19, 2015 5:13 AM UTC (10 years ago)
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