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Most math majors are there to become math teachers, which is very people oriented. If you consider only PhD programs for math then it becomes very male dominate
by searealist 9y ago
Most math majors are there to become math teachers, which is very people oriented. If you consider only PhD programs for math then it becomes very male dominated.
- michaelt 9y agoIf the near-50-50 gender ratio in math is explained by math teachers, wouldn't we expect a similar ratio in physics?
- searealist 9y agoI'm not sure what you are claiming.
- cocoablazing 9y agoThink about the market for those teachers. Anecdotally, I took one physics course in my secondary education, and about eight math courses.
- ecshafer 9y agoMost physics students become engineers, scientists or programmers in my experience.
- rocqua 9y agoThat does not seem to be the case for my year of math students. Though it seems the ratio does become worse at the PhD level (I'd guess not as much, but I don't move in those circles much).