Do Women Give Up Competing More Easily? Evidence from the lab and math Olympiad

Re:Do Women Give Up Competing More Easily? Evidence from the... by SkyBelow on Friday June 28, 2019 @02:33PM (#20307444)

>because they lack the imagination to do something else

What about the option that they really want to do engineering.

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Re:Do Women Give Up Competing More Easily? Evidence from the... by xj9 on Friday June 28, 2019 @02:46PM (#20307600)

nobody enjoys STEM work, people are in it for the money.

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Re:Do Women Give Up Competing More Easily? Evidence from the... by SkyBelow on Friday June 28, 2019 @02:56PM (#20307703)

I would have to very much disagree. There are parts I do not enjoy but those are more office related regardless if the work is STEM or not. I do like the money, but I do STEM stuff for fun and many my side projects eat money, not produce it.

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Re:Do Women Give Up Competing More Easily? Evidence from the... by krageon on Wednesday July 03, 2019 @09:00AM (#20343904)

Are you serious? I have long ago accepted that some people just like different things from me, but I still don't really understand how you couldn't love STEM work.

There are other fields which are also fun (obviously), but STEM has all the really cool puzzles and weird edge cases that a certain type of personality really likes.

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Re:Do Women Give Up Competing More Easily? Evidence from the... by andreilys on Friday June 28, 2019 @03:03PM (#20307772)

I also enjoy STEM work and would continue to do it even if it was low-paying.

Also I get a ton of joy from STEM-based personal projects that wouldn't be possible if I didn't level up my skills through work and play

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Re:Do Women Give Up Competing More Easily? Evidence from the... by malandrew on Friday June 28, 2019 @02:52PM (#20307661)

I enjoy STEM work. Way more satisfying that most endeavors.

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