Monday, December 9, 2013

Are Stereotypes Keeping Women Away From Science?

I received a link to the following infographic in honour of this week's Computer Science Education Week.  It's about women in STEM in general, but has some interesting stats, so I figured I'd share it here.  Enjoy!


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6 comments:

  1. LazzaDecember 9, 2013 at 12:15 PM

    «Are Stereotypes Keeping Women Away From Science?»
    Yes, and this gives a clear indicator on how bad our world is.

    By the way, I don't understand the inclusion of the so called "social science" in the infograph, it is NOT science. It's related to humanities.

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  2. Gail CarmichaelDecember 9, 2013 at 12:20 PM

    I am not sure whether they included it as a non-STEM comparison or if they are including it in STEM...?

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  3. LazzaDecember 9, 2013 at 12:23 PM

    «Within STEM fields, women are concentrated to certain areas»... it seems to me there is something wrong here, they are considering it to be in STEM. :D

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  4. Gail CarmichaelDecember 9, 2013 at 12:23 PM

    Yeah, I think you're right!

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  5. CollinDecember 31, 2013 at 6:35 PM

    The amount of bias is unsettling to say the least. But it's not just in STEM. This recent Atlantic article includes examples of bias in many fields: http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/12/theyre-watching-you-at-work/354681/

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  6. Gail CarmichaelDecember 31, 2013 at 6:41 PM

    I believe it!

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