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> Funny thing to see is that as a country becomes MORE developed, women tend to be LESS inclined to attend STEM studies. Stem jobs are relatively shitty jobs..
by ajsnigrutin 6y ago
> Funny thing to see is that as a country becomes MORE developed, women tend to be LESS inclined to attend STEM studies.
Stem jobs are relatively shitty jobs... paid well, but work schedule can be relatively screwed up. If you add enterpreneurship to that, it makes the work-life balance even worse. Women on average prefer better work-life balance, and men prefer careers where they can get higher and earn more.
In some countries (less developed), the only way to lead a realatively OK life is to get a stem degree and work something related to that. In more developed countries, the job market (and social support) makes it possible to live OK even with a "worse" degree (ie. the ones where you can't get a job with in less developed countries).
- saberdancer 6y agoExactly this, but this points toward the conclusion that equality is going to be hard to achieve as men and women have different goals and ambitions. When you remove the "survival" aspect of going to highly paid STEM job you get women who choose less technical jobs and huge disparity in number of women in tech. Personally I don't think that is an issue at all but I feel I am in the minority, at least when we look at the decision making level.