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It is little counterintuitive but countries with more gender inequality have more women in STEM. In developing countries where more preferential treatment is g

by mlboss 5y ago

It is little counterintuitive but countries with more gender inequality have more women in STEM. In developing countries where more preferential treatment is given to males having a STEM degree give lot of power to women. I don’t understand why can’t the society accept that men love machines/code. Most of the women do not enjoy this stuff(which is fine). Gender equality paradox: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thejournal.ie/gender-equality-countries-stem-girls-3848156-Feb2018/%3famp=1 https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thejournal.ie/gender-equali...

david38 5y ago
Countries which have large differences between the living standards of rich and poor is another way to frame it. If you are in India, where the difference between poor and rich is enormous then you will likely do anything for a high paying job, even if you don’t particularly like it. My Indian friends tell me about this all the time. Getting into tech is seen as a lifeboat, so don’t complain, just do anything under the sun to get there. So of course, if you are a woman, if you can do STEM, you will. Some will enjoy it, others see it as the way to not live as unprotected lower class. In a country like Sweden, where “poor” isn’t “poor like in India”, there is far less incentive. In a country like this, women can study more what perks their interest. Here you see a deep divide in men dominating jobs to do with “things” and women dominating jobs to do with “people”.
- bjourne 5y ago
  > So of course, if you are a woman, if you can do STEM, you will. Some will enjoy it, others see it as the way to not live as unprotected lower class. And how does these life choices of these Indian women differ from the life choices of the Indian men? Do they all do STEM only because they enjoy it so much? Seems like you are speculating about a subject you don't know much about.

by mlboss 5y ago

david38 5y ago

Countries which have large differences between the living standards of rich and poor is another way to frame it. If you are in India, where the difference between poor and rich is enormous then you will likely do anything for a high paying job, even if you don’t particularly like it. My Indian friends tell me about this all the time. Getting into tech is seen as a lifeboat, so don’t complain, just do anything under the sun to get there. So of course, if you are a woman, if you can do STEM, you will. Some will enjoy it, others see it as the way to not live as unprotected lower class. In a country like Sweden, where “poor” isn’t “poor like in India”, there is far less incentive. In a country like this, women can study more what perks their interest. Here you see a deep divide in men dominating jobs to do with “things” and women dominating jobs to do with “people”.

bjourne 5y ago
> So of course, if you are a woman, if you can do STEM, you will. Some will enjoy it, others see it as the way to not live as unprotected lower class. And how does these life choices of these Indian women differ from the life choices of the Indian men? Do they all do STEM only because they enjoy it so much? Seems like you are speculating about a subject you don't know much about.