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in my university, 25-30% engineering students were female You're doing better than the USA by, what, an order of magnitude in this regard.
by sliverstorm 13y ago
in my university, 25-30% engineering students were female
You're doing better than the USA by, what, an order of magnitude in this regard.
- jebus989 13y agoIn the US 18% engineering students at undergraduate level were female as of 2012 [0]. In fact, apparently in Iran almost 70% of science graduates are female [1], making the courses less diverse in terms of gender than the US, which I believe is closer to 50/50 for "science" collectively (can't find data). [0] http://chronicle.com/article/In-Terms-of-Gender/135304/ http://chronicle.com/article/In-Terms-of-Gender/135304/ [1] http://contexts.org/articles/spring-2011/what-gender-is-science/ http://contexts.org/articles/spring-2011/what-gender-is-scie...
- smnrchrds 13y agoIn Iran science usually means chemistry, physics, mathematics, computer science (which is, unlike its name, a branch of mathematics and is taught in math department with almost no computers involved), biology, etc. As I mentioned, chemistry was female-dominated in my university. I'm not sure about the others, but I guess they would be the same. I was referring to engineering majors when I said the 25-30% statistics.
- gdy 13y agoI wonder if there is a reliable source for this number
- saurik 13y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_gender_restrictions_in_education http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_gender_restrictions_in_... """As of 2006, women accounted for over half of university students in Iran[1] and 70% of Iran's science and engineering students.[2]""" [1]: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5359672.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5359672.stm [2]: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v444/n7115/full/444022a.html http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v444/n7115/full/444022a...
- Wintamute 13y agoAn "order of magnitude" generally means a difference resulting from multiplying by 10, i.e. 10% vs 100%.
- Dewie 13y agoSome developing countries have a much higher ratio of women in STEM compared to developed countries. Not hard to understand if you view it from the angle of STEM jobs being relatively high paying, and money being a way to independence. In the developed world, women don't need a high paying job in order to have independence. Though I don't know if Iran should be considered a developing country.