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Re:Facebook’s Point System Fails to Close Diversity Gap by exit on Friday August 19, 2016 @01:12AM (#12318079)
ignoring the color added by "nonsense feel-good bullshit", are women underrepresented in STEM degrees?
Re:Facebook’s Point System Fails to Close Diversity Gap by happyslobro on Friday August 19, 2016 @01:28AM (#12318133)
TE: under represented, SM: over represented, at my uni, anyway.

This whole thing is way overblown, imo. If, for some reason, far more women want to be doctors than engineers, then good for them. The last thing we need are grumpy doctors who treat their patients like machines, or bored engineers who make a special snowflake out of each server.

Imagine how ridiculous it would be, if when I was enrolling in uni, an advisor had said something along the lines of "Are you sure you wouldn't rather be a doctor? Because we need more male doctors, and the engineering fields are way over their quota for males. In 4 years, you might not be able to get a job in that field, unless you discover that you are actually a woman in a man's body."

Re:Facebook’s Point System Fails to Close Diversity Gap by asdfologist on Friday August 19, 2016 @01:14AM (#12318089)
Are men underrepresented in non-STEM degrees?
Re:Facebook’s Point System Fails to Close Diversity Gap by exit on Friday August 19, 2016 @01:25AM (#12318126)
quite possibly - i have no idea though :)

careers such as nursing, teaching, and (ironically given the op) human resources seem to be highly gendered towards women.

Re:Facebook’s Point System Fails to Close Diversity Gap by AnthonyMouse on Friday August 19, 2016 @01:19AM (#12318110)
The answer to both questions is yes.
Re:Facebook’s Point System Fails to Close Diversity Gap by sanderjd on Friday August 19, 2016 @01:18AM (#12318108)
The relevant question is whether they are underrepresented in non-"nonsense feel-good bullshit" degrees. But then we would have to agree on a definition of that. Having no statistics handy, I suspect by my definition the answer would be "no", while by yours (which perhaps is just equivalent to STEM?) the answer would be "yes".