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One big learning from my time @msft was that the gender gap in STEM really starts in middle school. Everything else (YC included) is largely downstream. If yo
by cykho 13y ago
One big learning from my time @msft was that the gender gap in STEM really starts in middle school. Everything else (YC included) is largely downstream. If you want to help get involved at the grade school level. For those who are interested here's one of the better resources they produced: http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/collaboration/focus/womenincomputing/womenintechbrochure.pdf http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/collaboration/focus/wome...
- boyaka 13y agoSounds like puberty. Maybe it STEMs all the way down to genetics. Evolution. Can't we just accept that females and males have evolved differently?
- MartinCron 13y agoThe problem with the evolution/genetics argument is that people can use it as an excuse for deplorable behavior. Genetics isn't destiny. We're more sophisticated than that.
- boyaka 13y agoYes. Both Men and Women. And I think one gender is having a harder time understanding our differences and how we can suppress our natural urges and grow away from them.