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> STEM is 90% men because of the way young people are socialized and then harassment, discrimination, and oppression that are endemic in the industry. That's j
by donpark 11y ago
> STEM is 90% men because of the way young people are socialized and then harassment, discrimination, and oppression that are endemic in the industry.
That's just a theory.
My theory is that it's not gender but differences in hormone balance, meaning circuits is same but without sufficient level of hormone needed to drive them, they won't function well.
Testing this theory should take much shorter time and less resources than yours. Another interesting yet controversial test could be whether raising the need for the circuits to work can change hormone balance.
- _monster_ 11y agoMen and women also have differing %'s of grey matter etc. Its not just hormones.
- lsd5you 11y agoWhat is more is it is a theory backed up by a taboo. (Which is pretty similar to how religous dogmatism sustains) There are strong social pressures to shut up people who disagree with the 100% social explanation (as if life would ever be as black and white as that). The debate is like a boxing match where one of the other fighter has his hands tied, and everyone pretends as if this isn't the case ... So what if different groups of people are actually different? That is genuine diversity and valuable in its own way. Unlike this perpetually frustrated vision of the modern world. Aiming for a future where gender and ethnicity are just meaningless character skins.
- SNvD7vEJ 11y agoSounds like a plausible theory to me, too. Hormones in young age in boys may push for a need to solve things, to explore how things work in order to make things more efficient, mechanically or in any other STEM areas. Also, the urge for boys to measure strengths against each other, physical or mentally, may be a drive for more involvement in games that are more directed into exploring the physical environment, in effect enhancing spatial capabilities.