Monday, April 17, 2017
Women, science, technology
In today's era women are increasingly prominent in medicine, law, and business, however, there are so few women scientists and engineers. Accessible profiles of eight key research findings that point to environmental and social barriers-including stereotypes, gender bias, and the climate of science and engineering departments in colleges and universities- continue to block women's progress in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics). To increase the number of women scientists and engineers, it is recommended to get girls interested in science and engineering by spreading the word about girls' and women's achievements in math and science, help girls recognize their career-relevant skills, and encourage high school girls to take math and science classes when available.
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You present an excellent point here about how there are bias and stereotypes surrounding women when it comes to working in STEM. You should check out my post about women and Silicon Valley because it talks about programs and organizations that have started to go to schools and tell girls that it is okay to like science and want to create things through technology and that it is not only a field for men. I think it is important for women to realize that technology needs the mind of a woman as much as it does a man.
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ReplyDeleteI am a computer science major and there are very few girls in this field here at Monmouth. I often get intimidated by the amount of men I am surrounded by within my field. It is easy to feel like a minor and that you don't belong. There are many organizations and clubs that get women interesting in computer science. It's important for women and young girls to understand that computer science is a field that ANYONE can do. My goal is to become involved in this youth programs and encourage girls to join the computer science world and implement their ideas and knowledge to the world.
ReplyDeleteWhile the STEM careers are still dominated by men, women will be hired by companies to fulfill equality rules. One of my mom's friends had a daughter who was trying to get a degree in Engineering, she found the work too hard and changed to a regular math degree. Both the friend and my mom didn't understand why she had done that because even if she was not very good a company would have still hired her in order to say they had a female engineer.
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