girls , why don't you do science degrees (maths,compsci,engineering,physi cs)?

I know it's really sad. By saying that it sums up my life I don't mean that I've been put off STEM subjects for that reason, I'm quite the opposite, like you. But I continuously look around and see girls doing other subjects and acting certain ways for exactly that reason and it just frustrates me all the time! I hate the expectations we have put upon us.

Biochemistry hoping to move onto immunology. What about you?

I've been told the same, came to uni and guys absolutely love my nerdiness :P It is better to be smart than pretty in my opinion beauty will eventually fade then what will you be left with? And you're most likely both! In the least self centred way possible I am, and that's just what I've been told took me a long time to accept people telling me I was attractive I always just thought I was an ugly nerd since nobody wanted to date me in high school.

That is definitely the case my grandmother never asks me anything about uni only if I have found a boyfriend yet :/ and that uni is a place to meet your husband and that I'm some kind of failure if I don't as if that is all that matters.

A guy who can't appreciate your intelligence and passion for a subject is not worthy of you

I would enjoy being able to talk to a girlfriend about about nerdy science stuff. It is an attractive quality for me.

Prob because they're considered to be "girly" degrees and god forbid a lad does a girly subject (???)

Idk I'm basing this on a male friend I have who gets the piss taken out of him constantly for applying to do English and creative writing at UEA/Warwick

But to answer your original question, because I genuinely felt uncomfortable in all-male physics classes. and because my physics teacher told me when I said I was considering a physics degree that "you'll only get in because you're a girl and everyone is obsessed with political correctless. girls are naturally bad at physics but nobody seems to be able to accept that. lol"

Also because it never really got shown to me as a genuine career/degree choice. I was always told "science and engineering are for boys, why don't you do art or philosophy".

UEA's one of the best places in the country for English with Creative Writing But I read an article a while ago where people were discussing how English tends not to be made into a very attractive subject for boys (to be fair, standard grade English could easily have put me off for life, it was tedious), and neither are foreign languages. So I think it's bad for boys and girls.

Because girls are told (consciously and subconsciously) the most important thing in life is attracting and keeping a man. We're told to be ambitious but too much ambition scares men away they like to earn more than their partner or they feel emasculated, like to be more intelligent than their and so on. We're told that to have intelligence or be "nerdy" is unattractive and uncool hence girls dumb themselves down, say they hate those subjects to appear cooler and more attractive so never put any effort into them or want to study them. Of course some girls simply don't enjoy them but just from my experience in school this is why girls didn't do these subjects.

I chose a STEM subject because I got to the point I didn't give a crap whether or not people found me cool or attractive although I admit for a long time I accepted those facts without question.

Well said!

I've been a math/physic-sy person, so I wanted a job, where I can apply problem solving skills. I do love DIY works (its not really engineering, but I feel like an engineer when doing those sort of stuffs) Nobody in my family share my interest in the subject. In fact they would really like me to become a medic, since they know more about the health sector than anything else. I really got into the whole idea by watching Top Gear, and engineering documentaries.
Your subjects look so fun!!! Music and Maths!!! What made you choose those subjects? Do they overlap a lot, or are they at two ends of the spectrum?

I am the only girl in my physics class at A-Level and all the boys look at me like I'm some sort of mythical creature.

I'm doing a physics + astrophysics degree starting in September, but I've been in a male-dominated environment for so long now that I hope it won't be a problem.

Haha, I know the feeling to begin with! (There's only 1 other girl in my computing class).

Which University are you going to?

Because they are women .
They are supposed to do hair and beauty and admin jobs

I am the only girl in my physics class at A-Level and all the boys look at me like I'm some sort of mythical creature.

I do all science subjects at A level, and if I went to uni I'd do maths or physics.



No we really don't have to do those jobs



I'm the only girl in my physics class - it's not that bad. They just treat me like another member of their class.

I stand by my assertion

Because they are women .
They are supposed to do hair and beauty and admin jobs

I dont understand why, we need more girls doing these jobs, also the ratio of boys to girls puts me off.