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"Tech people want to believe that the gender disparity in their field is shared among all the STEM fields" It's convenient for both women's studies departments
by htns 9y ago
"Tech people want to believe that the gender disparity in their field is shared among all the STEM fields"
It's convenient for both women's studies departments and tech recruiters to pretend other fields don't exist. It is taboo to talk about it, to the point that I haven't come across any serious piece of writing that dared to seriously contemplate the question of "what are the girls choosing to do instead?", but I don't think it has much to do with psychoanalytic undercurrents.
- douche 9y ago> what are the girls choosing to do instead? https://nsf.gov/statistics/2016/nsb20161/uploads/1/6/at03-12.pdf https://nsf.gov/statistics/2016/nsb20161/uploads/1/6/at03-12...
- cholantesh 9y agoWow. I knew there was a disparity; I didn't think it was this stark.
- htns 9y agoI'm aware that there are statistics. Nobody interprets them. (also the link doesn't even include medicine (edit: it does i just missed it D:))
- falcolas 9y ago> the link doesn't even include medicine It does mention nurses, nurse practitioners, and technicians.
- 77pt77 9y agoThere are no female "Agricultural engineers"? I find that hard to believe.
- Ajedi32 9y agoInteresting. Seems like the biggest ones are Nursing (83.4%) and Teaching (81.1%; kindergarten teachers in particular are 97.7% women!).