In the past, women were intensely discriminated against in most academic fields. But now this has shifted as women are becoming actually outnumbering men in some fields. Yet in the STEM fields women seem to be lacking in numbers. This article from the AAUW explains how more women need to be steered toward the direction of STEM and they are saying it is just not a benefit for women. This benefit is for all people.
http://www.aauw.org/research/why-so-few/
This was a really interesting read! I thought it was really interesting when they talked about the Project Implicit test (which we talked about in class!). They were saying that 70% of test takers associated men with science and women with art. This kind of ties into the stereotype threat, which says that negative stereotypes have an impact on performance.
ReplyDeleteI agreed with what this article talked about, that although women have come a long way from where they once were, underlying negative stereotypes continue to influence assumptions about women and their behavior. I would love to see more women in the STEM fields. Ideally, I would love to see a balance between men and women in all fields.