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My wife and I had an odd experience when we visited India several years ago. We met a lot of children, and many of the girls, approx 10 or 12 years old, were fu
by jb1991 5y ago
My wife and I had an odd experience when we visited India several years ago. We met a lot of children, and many of the girls, approx 10 or 12 years old, were full of questions to my wife about her career -- what did she do for a living, how did she get to become a professional, what kind of school? Whereas anywhere else, kids are just kids and interested in kids things, girls everywhere we visited there were concerned about their future jobs. It was a little depressing. It seems there is a lot of pressure on children, maybe especially on girls, in India? That seems supported by the stories in this article as well.
- sbierwagen 5y agoThis is not limited to India. In many countries with not great records on women's rights, dramatically more women go into STEM. Female participation rate in CS programs in Thailand with 55%, Guyana with 54%, Malaysia with 51%, Iran with 41%, Zimbabwe with 41%, and Mexico with 39%. https://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/vgalpin1/ps/Gal02a.pdf https://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/vgalpin1/ps/Gal02a.pdf The US was at 26% a few years ago, and it's gone down since then.