Introducing “Ask a Female Engineer”

Re:Introducing “Ask a Female Engineer” by fasdf on Thursday September 08, 2016 @04:48PM (#12457164)

I do think that kindergarten teachers being all women is a big problem. If I have a son someday, I would want him to have some good male teachers that he can look up to from a young age. I had one in 5th grade and it really helped me.

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Re:Introducing “Ask a Female Engineer” by ythl on Thursday September 08, 2016 @04:58PM (#12457256)

Actually, it's becoming a pretty big problem not just for kindergartens, but for K-12 teachers in general. K-12 is completely dominated by women, while colleges and universities are split between STEM (male professors) and liberal arts (female)

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Re:Introducing “Ask a Female Engineer” by tomjakubowski on Thursday September 08, 2016 @07:06PM (#12458250)

Do you have a source for the gender split among STEM and liberal arts professors?

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Re:Introducing “Ask a Female Engineer” by pyre on Thursday September 08, 2016 @07:01PM (#12458215)

If you're a man, and say that you want to teach kids "people" will suspect you of being a pedophile.

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Re:Introducing “Ask a Female Engineer” by jshevek on Thursday September 08, 2016 @09:31PM (#12459053)

Yes, and not if you are a woman. Is this 'female privilege'?

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Re:Introducing “Ask a Female Engineer” by pyre on Thursday September 08, 2016 @10:13PM (#12459226)

No, but it's one of the obstacles to overcome if you want more male teachers.

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