by Lillie Mucha
“‘Underrepresentation’ or Misrepresentation,” an essay by Doreen Kimura, introduced a new opinion to me. With supporting evidence, she claims that the math and science fields have not been discriminating against women, but rathe…
In her introduction paragraph of “‘Underrepresentation” or Misrepresentation?,” Doreen Kimura attempts to flip the script, and reflects upon how we freak out when there are 50% less women than men in any group, but don’t seem to bat an eyelas…
By: Shannon Laughlin
What if I told you that the lack of women’s representation in science and mathematics wasn’t a cause for concern? That the strange drop-off between girls’ interest in science between high school and college shouldn’t be a s…
The essay “Underrepresentation or Misrepresentation” by Doreen Kimura has a large focus on inherent abilities amongst men and women. Kimura focuses on the other and lesser thought of side of the argument, the side that concerns the deliberate discr…
Gender discrimination.
When we hear these words, most of us are immediately filled with negative emotions. Perhaps we imagine a man being selected over an equally qualified woman for a critical job position, or even a woman being harassed as she walks…
by: Nicole Murgia
taken from: storify.com
In her essay “’Underrepresentation’ or Misrepresentation?” Doreen Kimura stated that “the evidence is strong that women’s lower representation in some fields of science is due to innate talent an…
In Chapter 2 of Why aren’t more women in Science, writer Doreen Kimura takes a different turn on the controversial topic by talking about the cognitive differences between a man and woman. Females are supposedly better at tasks such as verbal memory …
Are men underrepresented? Are we not looking deep enough to see that the problems that affect women also affect men? Doreen Kimura raises these questions in her essay, “’Underrepresentation’ or Misrepresentation?”. When I started reading her pa…
A really interesting news article in this morning’s NPR Morning Edition (Sept 1, 2015): Hard Evidence: Teachers’ Unconscious Biases Contribute To Gender …
An Opposition
By: Chelsea Eareckson
Doreen Kimura tackles an opposing viewpoint in her essay “‘Underrepresentation’ or Misrepresentation” to the previous essay we read, “Women at the Top in Science – and Elsewhere” by Virgini…