Girls in STEM

Im not a female so i don’t know how to make STEM subjects particularly appealing to females specifically but i would assume that job prospects, salaries, gender ratios in STEM subjects (and examples of females who took lead/advanced society) would definitely help.
Advertisements showing male and female engineers working together could also help in eliminating this idea that STEM is better suited or made for males.

There's also all the famous women in STEM which some may not know about.

Are you from the 1950s? 'Women like to uphold that traditional view'? I have never met a woman like that in my life! Women do what they like, whether it's beauty, science, sport or being a housewife. It's a shame that there are women out there who feel like they don't have opportunity and will get pushed down- but we make our own opportunity in life. If someone's ever said to me that something isn't lady like or whatever, or that I'm not smart enough, do you know what I did? I didn't simper and meekly say 'oh yes I'm just a silly girl who is easily kept down by your criticisms', I proved them wrong, stood my ground and did what every single woman is capable of doing.

Why would something being intimidating stop a woman from doing something? You know whats intimidating- getting pregnant and raising a child. That's a lot more intimidating than a degree.

Also child care and nursing are not necessarily appealing to women. As a woman I can't think of jobs I'd rather do less!

I'm currently a student in a STEM subject and I hate it. I don't think aiming high means landing a job in STEM and I don't think women should be pressured to go into science just for equal numbers, nor do a think someone should be made to feel less of themselves for not having an interest in science.

Maybe I'm lucky in that I don't understand this idea that women feel that they 'can't' do things or 'shouldn't' do certain jobs.

Some women do want to live the life of a mother and house wife? They still exist believe it or not. Are you going to tell them that they shouldn't because they're living like a 1950s woman and you don't agree with it? That's some women's goal in life. I don't think women who don't pursue science are not aiming high or that they should feel like a failure.

You don't need any level of intelligence or academic skill (unfortunately) to raise a child. It's natural for women to go through that process - I don't think they're at all comparable. In my experience, it's the minority of women who try to get a good career before having children. I've seen numerous women online with a bunch of kids who've expressed that do not feel intelligent enough to do a degree and even people who are currently doing a science degree have expressed their anxieties about their ability. They also don't always have an interest in it which is fine too.

I'm in large girl groups online, maybe you should join one and ask these questions? I think you will get an idea of the general belief as many of them are unemployed mothers.

Why aren't a lot of girls going into STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) related study/work?

Why aren't a lot of girls going into STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) related study/work?

a) Men, on average are stronger. Some types of engineering lead to long working days and need for some physical ability. This may not be attractive to some females.

True. This would explain why there aren't many women in the trades. But graduate engineering posts are mainly sedentary desk jobs involving design and very little physical work. The environment is very similar to working as a secretary in an office which has lots of women in such roles. So I wonder why so few women chose to not study engineering?

Can you think of ways to make it more appealing if they don't like it?

Because physcial work is not the only reason.

Engineering has always been male dominated, so this could be unappealing.

Engineering has insanely long working days - probably the biggest factor discouraging women.

Engineering (don't quote me on this) is a very competitive profession. This means if you want to move up the ladder and get promotions, you're going to have to work overtime. This is vastly unappealing to women who want children or a more balanced lifestyle, but still want a healthy career as children stop a women from getting higher up positions.

There is one other factors aswell, which is sorta of just my opinion. If you look at jobs that are social, women dominate. Receptionists, nurses etc. Engineering is a very isolate field, as is CompSci for example, with very little human interaction, so this may be unappealing.

Another part of the issue is, a lot of students do not know about the depth of careers they can go into with subjects like Maths - is there ways we can improve this?

Engineering has “very little human interaction”.

Another part of the issue is, a lot of students do not know about the depth of careers they can go into with subjects like Maths - is there ways we can improve this?

Hey, I'm not an expert, but some surely do. Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't software engineering rather secluded?

So why is no-one working to get men into Humanities? Why do you feel there needs to be this focus and not one on men into humanites?

This.

How many posters here have worked for a business, or organisation, were the manager of Human resources, and the majority, if not the entirety, of the staff, were male? Why isn't this an issue for gender ideologues in they sincerely believed in equality (of outcome)?

Were are the voices championing more gender equality (of outcome) in dangerous *, difficult, dirty, outside work? (* 93% of civilian work related, (ie excluding military), deaths per year are male)

How many women work, or even want to work; on oil-rigs, as bin 'men', sewage maintenance / waste water treatment plants, electricity pylon repair, skyscraper window cleaners, deep sea fisher 'men', miners, roofers, all construction really, fire'men', law enforcement (street beat police 'men', truck drivers, farming... i could go on.

Don't see many middle class feminist arguing for gender equality (of outcome) in *****y hard work do you? Just quotas for CEO positions, and preferential treatment for high paid, indoor, comfy, desk jobs.

And since when did equality of opportunity, become equality of outcome anyway?

I think it's fair to say there are a variety of opinions on this topic, but a lot of women still feel that STEM is very male-dominated, and we should be encouraging more girls into STEM if they wish as only 1/4 of STEM workers are female.

Another part of the issue is, a lot of students do not know about the depth of careers they can go into with subjects like Maths - is there ways we can improve this?

I think it's fair to say there are a variety of opinions on this topic, but a lot of women still feel that STEM is very male-dominated, and we should be encouraging more girls into STEM if they wish as only 1/4 of STEM workers are female.

Another part of the issue is, a lot of students do not know about the depth of careers they can go into with subjects like Maths - is there ways we can improve this?