Re:Countries with more gender equality have fewer female STE...
by depressedpanda on Sunday February 18, 2018 @05:18PM
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Let's take a country that's mentioned in TFA, and ranks higher on the gender equality scale: Sweden.
Here, just as in the US, we have way more female nurses. However, we are also going towards way more female than male doctors; more women than men are admitted to medical school.
What we are not seeing however, are more women in science (biology is a bit of an outlier, though) and technology.
Outside of managerial roles, IT in particular is as bereft of women as it has always been.
As we have more women in medicine and law I have a hard time believing they are setting their expectations lower. I think it's as the article claims: for whatever reason they just aren't interested in STEM (in average).
Here, just as in the US, we have way more female nurses. However, we are also going towards way more female than male doctors; more women than men are admitted to medical school.
What we are not seeing however, are more women in science (biology is a bit of an outlier, though) and technology.
Outside of managerial roles, IT in particular is as bereft of women as it has always been.
As we have more women in medicine and law I have a hard time believing they are setting their expectations lower. I think it's as the article claims: for whatever reason they just aren't interested in STEM (in average).