For 1st time ever, a larger share of US women (30%) than men (29.9%) have college degrees tinyurl.com/o55dzua http://t.co/cb3qTSHJ87—
Mark J. Perry (@Mark_J_Perry) October 14, 2015Cartoon of the Day: Gender Disparity in STEM Explained http://t.co/9cbqax1oQc—
Mark J. Perry (@Mark_J_Perry) October 13, 2015CHART: For the 2015 Math SAT Test, High School Boys Outnumbered Girls ~2-to-1 for Perfect 800 Point Scores http://t.co/GlO8pmsWUG—
Mark J. Perry (@Mark_J_Perry) October 09, 2015
Concerns about the lack of women undertaking careers in science and engineering are based on one simple false premise: that science and engineering are the most prestigious choices available to women with great ability in maths and science at high school.
We themed our roundup this week: 5 Plots on Gender You Have to See blog.plot.ly/post/976775676… @randal_olson @katy_milkmanhttp://t.co/B5suLXIPkz—
plotly (@plotlygraphs) September 16, 2014
If relatively more prestigious career options are open to women who also happen to qualify for science and engineering, women will be underrepresented in science and engineering simply because they have better career options than the men who become scientists and engineers.
In New Zealand, just as many women as men qualify for science and engineering and the IT degrees. Not as many women who have qualified take up this option simply because they also qualify for medicine and law in greater numbers…
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