Countries with more gender equality have fewer female STEM grads

Re:Countries with more gender equality have fewer female STE... by depressedpanda on Sunday February 18, 2018 @03:10PM (#16408140)

Given a choice, more women than men will go for non-STEM careers, so in rich countries you will find way more STEM-proficient men than women. This has been known for quite some time.

But take care not to mention this at workplaces where they use diversity hiring practices to try to artificially and unfairly inflate their percentage of women compared to the field as a whole.

It will get you fired.

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Re:Countries with more gender equality have fewer female STE... by dkoubsky on Sunday February 18, 2018 @08:02PM (#16410001)

This seems like it may be appropriate: http://www.paulgraham.com/say.html

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Re:Countries with more gender equality have fewer female STE... by srtjstjsj on Sunday February 18, 2018 @03:37PM (#16408381)

This argument would be more interesting if we weren't seeing heavy female attrition due sexual harassment unrelated to work content.

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Re:Countries with more gender equality have fewer female STE... by depressedpanda on Sunday February 18, 2018 @05:01PM (#16409002)

Is there female attrition?

Is there female attrition due to sexual harassment?

You're making a bold claim, which I am personally not seeing at all.

Care to back it up with any references?

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