The gender disparity in STEM fields, explained.

dodd1331 · 2015-05-02T13:12:22+00:00

Efforts are been made to get girls interested in Stem subjects but little is done to encourage men to pursue female dominated professions such as teaching, fashion, and nursing. Why are men not being more vocal about the underrepresentation of males in these areas of work?

ZimbaZumba · 2015-05-02T04:41:07+00:00

Brilliant. Humor is a very powerful political tool. The hair color change is a nice touch. :-)

RealmKnight · 2015-05-02T09:29:25+00:00

...also explains the dearth of men in gender studies

_Harkn_ · 2015-05-02T07:26:19+00:00

As a consequence also explains the so-called "wage gap". I'm sorry ladies, but your gender studies degree simply will not payoff as much as an engineering degree.

Keiichi81 · 2015-05-02T13:23:48+00:00

But all those men in STEM make it intimidating for women, who don't want to be "the only girl in the class." So the solution is to, um...hmm.

bougabouga · 2015-05-02T07:24:20+00:00

Are the hair color and glasses some kind of ranking system?

empires3 · 2015-05-02T16:53:56+00:00

Simple and to the point. No need for the conspiracy of patriarchy or imagined mysogyny.

twerkingonsunshine · 2015-05-02T17:27:08+00:00

Can confirm, I studied engineering. None of us female STEM majors gave a shit. But all the liberal arts/psychology majors across campus bitched and moaned daily about how we needed more empowered women in STEM.

toysjoe · 2015-05-02T12:02:21+00:00

I think it's also because STEM is hard, and feminists have a tendency to blame everything on others so they rationalize the reason as not being STEM turning away women because it's too hard but rather patriarchy.

Stephen1985 · 2015-05-02T14:15:22+00:00

Also gender studies seems to be bad for your eyesight

OldSchoolNewRules · 2015-05-02T12:32:11+00:00

"More women in STEM Fields!"

"Ok, put up or shut up."

Woden1Eye · 2015-05-02T17:42:21+00:00

why work hard when you can just cry for money?

headless_bourgeoisie · 2015-05-02T07:11:28+00:00

Seriously, majoring in gender studies is even more useless than majoring in ~~liberal~~ fine arts. At least people like art.

Not_An_Ambulance · 2015-05-02T12:12:39+00:00

I work with multiple women who are programmers. Two of them are well below standard. One of them is good but not great. While the men in the same positions are pretty much rock stars. Yet one of the women got a bonus for putting in extra time while none of the men did (and it wasn't even the good one). The reason the men didn't was because the men wrote better software that didn't require them to sit next to it and watch it. Her software was subpar and she had to put extra hours into it to babysit it. I have worked at more than a few places with lots of women and men. I have yet to find a place where the woman was the best programmer.

Tmomp · 2015-05-02T12:50:10+00:00

Devil's advocate: Could we not make a similar cartoon to explain workplace injuries and deaths, where men choose more dangerous fields?

The first counterargument to that cartoon I see is that people would say men don't have a choice but to take those jobs because they need the money. Well then if we say forces outside the man's control make something difficult or impossible for him, why say forces outside a woman's control make something difficult or impossible for her?

warspite88 · 2015-05-02T14:42:48+00:00

i love the hair color change, showing the group think mentality of many feminist sects.

very good illustration , helped me understand the situation a bit better.

paket · 2015-05-02T20:53:15+00:00

Has anyone ever asked the women in gender studies programs why they didn't go into STEM fields?

Has anyone ever looked into how many women have actually applied to STEM programs?

Anyone???

capnuck · 2015-05-02T14:10:22+00:00

STEMs just don't have the feels that other female dominated occupations do. Typically they are jobs devoid of praise or any feedback loop. I've seen a lot of women leave the STEMs not because they couldn't cut it, but because they just didn't get enough out of it. Fair enough, who wants to be doing something they don't like for the majority of their lives.

gmcalabr · 2015-05-02T18:17:35+00:00

I think that's largely valid and I lolled pretty hard. To be fair though, women in STEM fields, especially those who work in factories, do work in a "hostile" environment. I have a coworker who's a fairly attractive, very young looking 20 some who gets hit on a lot (most of which is minor and tough to blame men who are 'supposed to hunt' but occasionally it's repetitive and obnoxious).

omega21xx · 2015-05-03T00:43:53+00:00

It's obviously that smile, just look at him. Probably thinking about all the ways he can oppress those women.

MeMyselfandBi · 2015-05-02T15:46:34+00:00

I recently submitted three TV show concepts to The Next MacGyver contest (a contest intended to introduce female engineers or engineering stories with female leads in mainstream television). I intend to introduce more people overall to STEM career paths, since the U.S. is woefully behind other countries in this regard, even both women and men. Of course, I know I run the risk of being shot down if and when it is revealed that I am an anti-feminist, as all evidence of the group points to the people involved being third wave feminists. If I am not shot down, I wish to create a more open space for children and adults who are truly interested in STEM jobs, not just these feminists (men included) who argue that the STEM field is somehow negative towards women. After all, women are twice as likely to receive tenure at university in STEM departments. The STEM fields want more women. The STEM fields want more people in general. As careers disappear in the near future, the new careers will exist in these fields of interests. It is paramount that we acknowledge the need to take every opportunity at convincing boys and girls of the next generation to see engineering as an important path to take in life.

Screw complainers who don't take on the issue head on.

craschnet · 2015-09-28T18:46:22+00:00

Not only that, women publish less work then men.

Other work published in 2012, however, suggests that marriage-based salary penalties in science, engineering and math are explained by married women publishing fewer papers.

If you want to be a highly paid professor, you have to publish valid studies. Most work publish in gender studies do not pass mustered as good scientific work.

hellocoquelicot · 2015-05-03T14:46:45+00:00

Love this comic. I see a lot of my liberal arts major friends bitching about the lack of women in STEM fields. One of them in particular was whining about her astronomy teacher making some comment about men being better at astronomy and chemistry and women being better at biology. She wanted to contact her college about it and possibly sue the guy. I suggested that she try to do well in the class to prove him wrong. Her response was something to the effect of, "well it would be easier to get him in trouble." That really pissed me off.

I'm a female majoring in chemistry right now, and I have received quite a bit of support and encouragement from both my peers and my instructors. My male peers enjoy having me and my female peers in their classes because hey, variety can be fun. On top of that, my current chemistry professor is a woman. As a result, she's gone out of her way to offer me extra opportunities, such as doing undergraduate research this summer using GC-MS at a local laboratory. And surprise! - she only offered this opportunity to me, another female, and one male. My past male instructors have been just as excited about having female students in their class too. If anything, I'd say women who get involved in STEM have an automatic advantage over men... but what do I know? :p

ssssssnakepliskin · 2015-05-02T07:33:48+00:00

To be fair, we all grow up watching the same brainwashing Disney shows that teach us which gender roles to fit into, and there aren't many things out there telling little girls guys like brains.

Sexycheesestick07 · 2015-05-02T14:32:21+00:00

ITT: The battle of the sexes

Title	The gender disparity in STEM fields, explained.
Author	wiseprogressivethink
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Date	May 2, 2015 4:07 AM UTC (11 years ago)
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