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The reversing gender gap: why women choose not to be scientists, engineers and IT professionals

jimrosenz

March 9, 2015

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http://utopiayouarestandinginit.com/2014/11/05/the-reversing-gender-gap-why-women-choose-not-to-be-scientists-engineers-and-it-professionals/

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Title	The reversing gender gap: why women choose not to be scientists, engineers and IT professionals
Author	jimrosenz
Upvotes	8
Comments	2
Date	March 9, 2015 3:52 AM UTC (11 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
Original Link	https://old.reddit.com/r/MensRights/comments/2yeof1/the_reversing_gender_gap_why_women_choose_not_to/
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[–]Ted8367 2 points3 points4 points 11 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link

Traditionally, engineering has always had a bad image with the talking classes.

To put it bluntly, science, engineering and IT degrees are for young people who lack the verbal and reading abilities to get into medicine and law. Science, engineering and IT good degrees are for those who can’t get into medicine and law. They could have been contenders if they were more articulate and well-read.

I can see verbal and reading being good for law; but ... medicine?

There is a gender disparity in science, engineering and IT because teenage girls find these degrees to be inferior choices – inferior choices given the set of abilities they have when considering their career options.

So all the propaganda we see on getting girls into STEM is really an anti-woman plot. I thought so! That sneaky old patriarchy rules OK!

[–]jimrosenz[S] 0 points1 point2 points 11 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link