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STEM is (barely) more female than male [0]. It only seems disproportionately male if you take the idea that 60%+ of people in a major should be female as a give
by scarmig 5y ago
STEM is (barely) more female than male [0]. It only seems disproportionately male if you take the idea that 60%+ of people in a major should be female as a given, or if you pick very particular subfields in STEM and take them to represent all of STEM.
[0] https://www.aei.org/carpe-diem/gender-gap-in-stem-women-are-majority-of-stem-grad-students-and-they-earn-a-majority-of-stem-bachelors-degrees/ https://www.aei.org/carpe-diem/gender-gap-in-stem-women-are-...
- justinpombrio 5y agoOh yeah, it really depends on what you count. I was thinking of the fields I was closest to -- CS, physics, math -- but e.g. biology leans female and has a lot of students.