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This sounds like it was written for a 12th grade research assignment and makes several incorrect inferences without a basis of fact, i.e. the male hunting equat
by USNetizen 13y ago
This sounds like it was written for a 12th grade research assignment and makes several incorrect inferences without a basis of fact, i.e. the male hunting equating to math reasoning.
I tend to think of it as the same reason minorities are not prevalent in these places either, probably because society held them as "lower class" until recently and they are just now making gains which are long overdue.
All in all, women are catching up fast to men in mathematics as well. They account for the fastest growing percentage of graduate degrees in the sciences and I, personally, work in a high-tech field dominated still by male developers, but also women managers who supervise them and do a fantastic job at it.
It's not biological, it's history. Until recently those spatial learning and building toys for children were all male-focused, but that is changing.
I firmly believe that women will easily overtake men in technology in the future because attitudes have changed for the better.
- enjo 13y agosure... sure... I firmly believe that women will easily overtake men in technology Huh?
- USNetizen 13y agoYup. In the management of technology there are certain sectors where women handily outnumber men. I was referring, though vaguely, to that.
- tomp 13y ago> I firmly believe that women will easily overtake men in technology in the future because attitudes have changed for the better. Do you have any reason for this belief? Also, if you really believe that is true, wouldn't it be proper to start promoting technology amongst boys?
- unfamiliar 13y agoWomen in my country have already overtaken men for final scores on mathematics degrees.
- USNetizen 13y agoWe have been doing that for centuries.
- asdasf 13y ago>I tend to think of it as the same reason minorities are not prevalent in these places either Except that they are. Do Chinese and Indian people cease to be minorities when discussing tech?
- kazagistar 13y agoSince when does over 2 billion people constitute a minority? Thech is on a global scale.
- asdasf 13y agoSince we are talking about American companies hiring Americans.
- pwnna 13y agoInteresting theory as well. The final statement seem to be not backed up by the arguments presented. I would love to see this theory getting more researched. So given that the original article used just numbers and assume that the time derivative of these are flat, you're suggesting that the time derivative is not, and I feel like there must be stats backing this in a more.. cited manner.
- USNetizen 13y agoPlease go research it then. Anyone can find citations to prove any point they want. The original article suffers from a narrow-minded adolescent hypothesis and the citations don't prove much of anything being as old as many of them are. That was my point.
- ivanca 13y ago"Fastest growing" ... http://xkcd.com/1102/ http://xkcd.com/1102/