Hiring discrimination: a problem for men in female-dominated occupations

Re:Hiring discrimination: a problem for men in female-domina... by Manuel_D on Friday April 22, 2022 @02:02PM (#31125589)

Women's representation in tech fields varies from the low 20 percent to high teens. It can vary since "tech" is a nebulous designator.

Computer science: https://www.aei.org/carpe-diem/chart-of-the-day-the-declinin...

Electrical engineering: https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d15/tables/dt15_325.45.a...

Mechanical engineering: https://www.bu.edu/eng/about/dean-lutchen/engineerings-gende....

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Re:Hiring discrimination: a problem for men in female-domina... by endisneigh on Friday April 22, 2022 @02:06PM (#31125650)

And this?

> Which matches the rates at which women indicate tech as their preferred field in high school and middle school.

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Re:Hiring discrimination: a problem for men in female-domina... by Manuel_D on Friday April 22, 2022 @02:18PM (#31125820)

> A recent survey by Junior Achievement conducted by the research group, Engine, showed that 9 percent of girls between ages 13 to 17 are interested in careers in STEM — Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics — which was conducted from April 16-21 to about 1,004 teenagers.

> This is down from 11 percent from a similar survey in 2018. Teen boys’ interest in STEM careers increased to 27 percent, up from 24 percent in 2018.

https://www.govtech.com/education/Female-Interest-in-STEM-Ed...

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