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While USSR technically had gender equality, reality was very different. For example, how much of The Party elite was women? Virtually none :) Sexism was through
by mantas 6y ago
While USSR technically had gender equality, reality was very different. For example, how much of The Party elite was women? Virtually none :) Sexism was through the roof too.
IIRC the "less equality = more women engineers" example was India. And USSR was somewhat similar to modern India. On paper women were on par (= purely technocratic acceptance to universities) but day-to-day life was different. "Pursue your passion" was not an option. So if a girl was smart in maths, engineering it is. Fatherland needed engineers, not people in BS studies who'd work in Starbucks afterwards.
- jasonwatkinspdx 6y agoYes, exactly right about USSR. The more equality less STEM effect is seen in more than India. Sweden is the example I see talked about most. It's interesting and still heavily debated. I don't fully understand the current state of debate.
- me_me_me 6y agoUSSR was also technically communist. There seems to be a lot of those when looking back :)
- mantas 6y agoTechnically socialist on the way to communism, managed by communist party. Officially communism was on the roadmap, but not reached by the time the regime was dissolved.