Special White House Event Will Encourage Girls' Participation in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math

Submitted by anthony on Wed, 2012-04-25 03:50

Article here. Excerpt:

'By ensuring that women and girls receive the exposure, encouragement, and support they need to enter and succeed in STEM fields, this country can benefit from the full range and diversity of its talent. To this end, on April 24, 2012, the White House Council on Women and Girls will host a White House event featuring a panel of trailblazing women in STEM fields. These women will share their experiences and encourage girls to follow in their footsteps—or to blaze trails of their own. This event will also showcase the very first public screening of Girls in STEM, a video with footage of girls who participated in the 2012 White House Science Fair, including Girl Scout team the Flying Monkeys, which invented a new type of prosthetic hand to help a little girl write for the first time. (The girls won the $20,000 FIRST LEGO League Global Innovation Award from the X Prize Foundation in April 2011; they were also granted a provisional patent.)'

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Because 60%+ of post secondary degree's isn't good enough. If women aren't dominating every single field within a college/university, it is proof of discrimination. Let us completely ignore the fact that this special treatment and focus on women, to the detriment of men, is itself discrimination.

Remember, equality means women first, men can go to hell

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Submitted by Kratch on Thu, 2012-04-26 03:10

Well said, Kratch!

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Submitted by xtrnl on Thu, 2012-04-26 19:29

I couldn't have said it better Kratch!

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Submitted by the_captain on Fri, 2012-04-27 16:54