Just got email saying child selected for extra-curricular STEM programme coz of her grades. No mention of how her genitals might impact this
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Could it be more subtle, such as just not encouraging girls towards STEM whilst doing so with boys? Just thinking aloud.
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No evidence of that either. School very pushy.
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Are we talking about school, or society in general? Seems there is societal evidence. Can't comment on a particular school.
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Society in general. I have seen no evidence of boys being encouraged more than girls. In fact, lots of pressure to get more girls interested
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More recently, maybe, but in general society assumes much about the sexes and makes choices accordingly (sexism).
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That's claimed but never substantiated. Since having access to everything women have dominated healthcare, teaching, publishing psychology
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I simply don't believe that if they were as interested in the STEM subjects they're underrepresented in, they wouldn't have just done that.
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The difference in interests really isn't a cultural construct. Its pan-cultural & even exists in the other apes in simpler form.
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I'm a girl and I'm in STEM (Masters level education & considering a PhD + work in the field) & have never noticed any discouragement/sexism
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Thank you! That's good to hear.
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My daughter has pursued STEM at A-level. In a co-ed school the girls were targeted for special, girl only visits to STEM workplaces.
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Boys still greatly outnumber girls in her A-level classes. Especially computer science.
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Yeah. I support aims to get girls more interested but I do wonder how much good they'll do.
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Maybe she has a name like Charlie or Max that tricked them into thinking she was male? Bet that's it. We all know girls are not allowed.
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You need a victim's mindset in order to blame 'society' for your own shortcomings.
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So many need to hold on to outdated narratives despite evidence to the contrary. Self-interest too often equals a disinterest in truth.
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Imagine what the women in STEM figures would be like if all the gender studies students had gone for STEM degrees...
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These messages work mostly through cultural backmasking. You need special glasses to see them consciously.
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