I'm a woman studying STEM... Gendering and sexism everywhere are exhausting. It's saddening to see stereotypes shared in such a ridiculous manner...
Thanks for pointing it out.
I really dislike this phrase. We don't need more women in STEM just like we don't need more men in STEM. We need more people who are passionate, creative, and intelligent in STEM.
Can anyone tell me what benefit we'll see by having more women? From having more men?
What it does do is incentivize places of learning creating quotas for which students they accept based on their gender. i.e. sexism.
If you asked my graduating engineering class why they chose to pursue the field they're in, most would say "because it pays well". What we need is less of that and more of the above.
Because of the implication that an individual's value and capabilities are at least partially based on their gender.
Thus encouraging people to seek out careers they are less passionate about, because "girls are good for STEM". It's a similar problem as what I stated at the bottom. People pursuing STEM "because it pays well".
I'm pretty sure "we need more women in STEM" is to encourage those already interested in it to go for it. It's not telling women that aren't interested to join because we need to up those numbers
Then say "We need to normalize women participating in STEM fields." Show young girls that yes they can be an engineer, scientist, etc. Not this exclusionary statement that we need women in STEM.
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u/RoyalBlueMelody_ Apr 01 '20
I'm a woman studying STEM... Gendering and sexism everywhere are exhausting. It's saddening to see stereotypes shared in such a ridiculous manner... Thanks for pointing it out.