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40 years after Title IX, women still lag in tech fields
Submitted by Mastodon on Sat, 2012-06-23 19:56
Article here. Excerpt:
'On the academic side, women earn the majority of degrees at the associate's, bachelor's, master's and doctoral levels.
Yet their numbers lag in what are known as the STEM fields — science, technology, engineering and math. Education Department data show, for example, that just 17% of engineering and 18% of computer science-related bachelor's degrees in 2009-10 were awarded to women. Women make up 25% of the STEM workforce.
Several conference participants, including Education Secretary Arne Duncan and King, stressed the economic imperative for encouraging more girls to pursue careers in STEM fields.
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Sabrina Schaeffer, executive director of the non-profit Independent Women's Forum, which is critical of Title IX, said efforts to level the STEM playing field could have the opposite effect: "If we don't have enough women in engineering, are the schools going to cut engineering programs?" said Schaeffer, who spoke Wednesday at a separate Title IX event in Washington. "We have to recognize that men and women are different and are going to make different choices."'
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I find it interesting
that women complain about not making as much money as men but avoid the STEM fields like the plague. We've never needed a program to convince men to study the STEM fields. Why do we need one for women?
How about conscription as a solution? :-)
[tongue in cheek mode = on]
If women won't go into STEM, why not pick the brightest women and force them into STEM fields. Throw a penalty in there -- 5 years in prison and a $250,000.00 fine if they refuse to sign up for this system.
If conscription is good for men, it'll be good enough for women too!
[tongue in cheek mode = off]
Seriously though, women should register for selective service at 18, just like men. And the physical fitness requirements for entering the military should be unitary -- no more separate standards for men and women.