Geez, research like this makes women seem stupid and it’s so irritating:
This geeky image is at odds with the way that many girls see themselves. Work from our lab shows that when high school girls see Star Trek posters and video games in a computer science classroom, they are less interested than boys in taking the course.
When the classroom is devoid of décor, girls still opt out. It is only when an alternate image of computer science is presented by replacing geeky objects with art and nature posters that girls become as interested as boys.
All this matters a great deal because optional courses not only reinforce current gender divides—they magnify them. Because boys are more likely to opt in to pre-college experiences with computer science, when they get to college, they dominate introductory courses. Girls who come in without the same knowledge tend to believe they are worse at computer science and not cut out for the field.
If a woman/teen girl/young girl shows an interest in the STEM fields, she better get used to geeky men who like geeky things like Star Trek and sci-fi. It goes with the territory. Why? Not because it’s sexist but because men have a more natural facility toward science and engineering and math........The reason there are more male engineers and more female therapists and teachers is not sexism, it’s because people tend to gravitate toward what they’re good at because it feels easier. It takes less time and effort to become an expert. The success cycle is self-reinforcing........To Read More.....
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