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

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

The men of TSR think women have it easy finding guys in the real world, wait until they clock how easy it is for women in the sciences/engineering world. Jesus, it's like shooting fish in a barrel (which is reportedly very easy).

Are you trying to make TSR implode or something?

If that happened I'd be forced to see what's outside these four walls/my drawn curtains.

So no.

I actually slightly agree. I'm a girl (surprise surprise) who's applied for MPhys this year, and I'm sick of being the only girl on the visit days. Please, we need more intelligent girls!!

Why?

Well if there's one thing these forums don't need it's more dam feminism threads. Sheesh.


Also, I thought you had a job


The science of shooting fish in a barrel. Mythbusters style http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pd-MpXCMcIs

I do have a job, but whilst I'm here I like to pretend I'm back home in my darkened room.

I think men are simply more likely than women to prefer technical fields. I would imagine it is a consequence of differing evolutionary selective pressures for each gender, but it's probably also to a degree cultural.

No, don't let it put you off! xD Science is awesome (Well, Chemistry and Physics)

OP, I surprisingly know a lot of girls thinking of going for maths, comp sci, physics and chemistry- over a third of my year. This leads me to the conclusion that it is the environment that girls are in. I go to an all-girls' grammar school, so I think this is why there's never this element of certain subjects being 'for girls' or 'for boys'.. We just do what we want to do, which I think is awesome
I'm personally a hopeful chemist (and physicist), so I think it's sad that in my (potential) future job, I'm going to be vastly outnumbered by males. I think that if, in schools, there was more of this idea of letting people know that they can do what they want to do, there'd be less of this idea of subjects for boys and for girls. I blame the government (everything is the government's fault )

You're a cheeky little chappy, aren't you?

Why does this matter? Ethnic minorities don't care that they'll be outnumbered on their courses, gay people don't mind that the majority of people will be straight. Honestly, I don't understand why the ratio of males:females on the course matters (apart from being able to find a bf/gf, but the way the ratio is in physics/chemistry that's very much in your favour - and it's not like you have to date exclusively within your course anyway).

lol how could you tell ? You been stalking my posts or something

I did Econ because I wanted to do something both highly boring, and more or less useless in the real world. But I was too embarrassed to do an arts degree.

Don't know what economics you're studying love, because it actually overall explains how the world works more so than any other subject, in terms of how humans interact. Everyone knows the financial system via capitalism runs the world, not politicians - and you learn about that through economics.

Don't know what economics you're studying love, because it actually overall explains how the world works more so than any other subject, in terms of how humans interact. Everyone knows the financial system via capitalism runs the world, not politicians - and you learn about that through economics.

I agree with your post in general but the bit I've bolded I really don't agree with. I have seen endless threads on here of people saying things like 'are there many ethnics at X uni so I don't feel so uncomfortable', there are schemes to get more ethnic people into certain jobs etc... but I agree I don't see why anyone cares that much if girls don't do these degrees, I study law and at least half are girls so it's not like we're all thick, maybe we just find it more boring than men do.

Why does this matter? Ethnic minorities don't care that they'll be outnumbered on their courses, gay people don't mind that the majority of people will be straight. Honestly, I don't understand why the ratio of males:females on the course matters (apart from being able to find a bf/gf, but the way the ratio is in physics/chemistry that's very much in your favour - and it's not like you have to date exclusively within your course anyway).