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> Boys that want to participate in STEM aren't any more impeded today than they were prior. You're making my point for me. This is the line that was said about
by atlgator 2y ago
> Boys that want to participate in STEM aren't any more impeded today than they were prior.
You're making my point for me. This is the line that was said about girls 30 years ago. They were not impeded from entering STEM either, but they also weren't encouraged like the boys were at the time. Boys are no longer encouraged or nurtured to do anything by our public schools (STEM or otherwise). The lucky ones have examples in their lives they can model after.
- talldayo 2y agoBoys don't need to be told by their school what their aptitude is, and neither do women. Getting women into STEM isn't about diverting potential dentists and heart surgeons to be white-collar desk jockeys - it's about stopping them from the same fate you're so afraid of men ending up at!
- atlgator 2y agoDentists and heart surgeons are still STEM. The S stands for science, guy. As for the "fate" you're fearmongering about for women, what is that to you? I'm not worried about men staying home to raise children. Hurray for anyone that can do that in this economy. I'm worried about men rotting away on drugs, committing crime, and ending up dead or in prison. You acknowledge that girls need encouragement but think boys will just "figure it out." It's you who must be trolling.
- altogethernow23 2y agoThat’s not really what’s at stake here though is it. it would take a HUGE structural shift for men to go from “less actively recruited to be in STEM than before” to “being in jail and on drugs.”
- gotoeleven 2y agoMy first hand experience with how public schools treat girls vs boys nowadays (often in subtle ways) is: Girls: You will be an astronaut stem president boss queen with less than $REPLACEMENT_RATE children! Boys: Hey how about be a girl
- AnarchismIsCool 2y agoHow recent? I experienced stuff like that from an all female teaching staff around ~20 years ago but I have no idea what it looks like now. I wanted to learn more about computers but the staff that were savvy were much more excited about teaching the girls, they rightly figured I'd have no trouble exploring that interest. At the time it was fine if mildly frustrating, now I'd be pretty worried about such behavior.
- workingdog 2y agoNowadays? It's so bad and cringeworthy that my young sons picked up on the STEM girlie nonsense and are actively rebelling against it and running with whatever they have. Leaving the coddled scrubs behind.
- altogethernow23 2y agoYou think encouraging more people to become more interested in jobs that are essentially the future of civilization is “nonsense”? Don’t you think that’s odd?
- talldayo 2y agoShouldn't you teach your sons how to cooperate with the fairer sex instead of assuming that robots have cooties? This is silly.