Why aren't more women in the Science and Engineering fields?

[HOZ]

The answer will shock you. A Boston Globe Article



Now two new studies by economists and social scientists have reached a perhaps startling conclusion: An important part of the explanation for the gender gap, they are finding, are the preferences of women themselves. When it comes to certain math- and science-related jobs, substantial numbers of women - highly qualified for the work - stay out of those careers because they would simply rather do something else.

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[4X4]

I guess they don't know where to look for single guys...

[Torture]

Originally Posted by 4X4

I guess they don't know where to look for single guys...

Ahh, but those single guys have no game (especially in Calgary) so it's a moot point.

[Peanut]

Interesting that the second post immediately starts calling out female scientists/engineers as just "looking for single guys". Maybe that attitude is part of what keeps them away?

Aside from the mildly boring jobs, of course.

[Dion]

They're looking for love in all the worng places.

[fatso]

Originally Posted by Peanut

Interesting that the second post immediately starts calling out female scientists/engineers as just "looking for single guys". Maybe that attitude is part of what keeps them away?

Aside from the mildly boring jobs, of course.

Impossible! !!!

The alleged fact that women may be largely uninterested in science and engineering jobs completely and totally invalidates the possibility that there are structural and systemic gender inequalities in both education and career options. I mean, everyone knows that "personal preference" is thoroughly and totally built upon individual free will, construed completely outside of the social sphere, and is not at all altered by personal and institutional experience.

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[MelBridgeman]

I know a lot of brillant woman who suck at math
Just like i suck at English

[Sylvanfan]

My wife used to work in the same field I do which is detailing structural steel. She was good at the job and was more than capable, but hated it. Said it was boring and something she didn't enjoy. Now she's a pharmacy technician and likes that much more. Interestingly enough thats an occupation thats probably 85% female. Just like our drafting office has very few female employees. Over the past 10 years, I've seen several of our female employees quit because...they wanted to do something else. So I'd buy that females are avoiding this field because they find the work boring. There are days where I don't blame them, it can be!

[burn_this_city]

Sadly I know plenty of people in engineering that also suck at math.

[Nufy]

I was at an Engineering forum a few months back here in Calgary.

Mostly Electrical Types....

It was the biggest collection of short sleeved plaid shirts I had ever seen in my life......

[4X4]

Originally Posted by Dion

They're looking for love in all the worng places.

What is: Why do cowboys have poo in their mustaches?

[V]

They can stay away. Too much drama, if you ask me.

[Dan02]

Originally Posted by 4X4

What is: Why do cowboys have poo in their mustaches?

crude, but freaking hilarious none the less.

[corporatejay]

Notice I'm not using the green font.


The way I see it, it's social conditioning of men and women that's created the gender gap in that field. Men have been encouraged at a young age to be more interested in science and engineering and therefore have developed an interest in it, that's where the problem lies, it's not when they get out of university to find jobs, it's when they enter primary school and girls are taught to play nice with dolls and boys are told to go and play around on the monkey bars. Boys and Girls are treated differently, because of this they grow up with different interests.

[FlamesAddiction]

I read somewhere before that men make better engineers because the male brain recognizes spatial patterns more easily and can organize space mentally more naturally. Female brains are supposed to be better at multi-tasking though. Women can pay attention to more things at once.

I have a science degree and I remember in university, the girls always seemed more efficient at doing labs. If you had an all male group, things would quickly become chaotic, but if you had a female in the group, everything would go smoothly. The girls always seemed to score higher on the exams.

I always figured more females should be surgeons. They tend to have better fine motor skills, and combine that with the abilities I noted above, I think I'd prefer a female surgeon.

I realize I just stated a bunch of generalizations that are mostly anecdotal, so feel free to pick it apart.

[ratech]

you are a product of your environment. guy, gal, whatever, it is what it is. lets talk hockey!

[BuzzardsWife]

Because women aren't as smart as men!! And they drive bad too!

[JBR]

Originally Posted by BuzzardsWife

Because women aren't as smart as men!! And they drive bad too!

As my old room-mate used to say....

"That's why they call 'em women.... 'cause they're stupid!!"

[troutman]

[Slava]

Originally Posted by Sylvanfan

Just like our drafting office has very few female employees. Over the past 10 years, I've seen several of our female employees quit because...they wanted to do something else.

I guess that is why you're called draftsmen?

BTW troutman if I knew why you wanted those photos of me then I would've refused!