Do you think aiming training & mentoring at women will make more of them want to enter engineering? Currently dominate healthcare &education
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Replying to @HPluckrose @yours_heidi
And we find that where women have most freedom of choice & opportunity, they're less likely to choose STEM. Does your experience differ?
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Interesting. I'm Malaysian, did my B Eng at local uni. Women outnumbered men in some engineering fac.s but more men went into engineering.
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Replying to @yours_heidi @HPluckrose
After graduation my female classmates mostly chose to enter academia to become lecturers. They cite flexi hours + security as reasons.
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Replying to @yours_heidi @HPluckrose
The few who went to private sector like me eventually leave because of crazy hours, boys club mentality, harassment, etc
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Replying to @yours_heidi @HPluckrose
Based on my limited observation, almost equal ratio men:women in STEM in the beginning but more women leave the field along the way.
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Replying to @yours_heidi
And this is a mixture of feeling unwelcome & prioritising other life issues?
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Yes. In Malaysian society women still expected to be primary caretaker of household & children. + Companies view pregnancy negatively.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
You might want to observe our gender inequality closely then. They're tied with religious issues + patriarchal traditions.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
Yes, these are the contexts in which a movement for gender equality which comes from women's perspectives is much needed.
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