I love Physics, and it could have been ‘loved’. I remember there were over 20 boys and three girls in a Physics Olympiad training class in my 10th grade. I remember the excitement and rousing discussion among the boys when challenging problems were…
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When I first said that the issue of underrepresentation of women in the math and science field is a multi-faceted issue with many different angles, I didn’t think I would be reading of such contrasting i…
Including all types of conflicting evidence and data into the forming of an opinion is extremely important. If you confine your reach to only studies that show one side of an argument, then you aren’t getting the full picture and what you say an…
Gender. A concept that seems not only to individuals but also society so fundamental, and yet so controversial. A key to unlock someone’s identity. A category on a legal document most likely with two proceeding check boxes—male or fema…
What makes women different than men? Is it because men can think quicker, make inferences faster, and connect data better? Or is it just a gender schema that we have used since the beginning of time that is now so ingrained in us? Since the beginning o…
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When it comes to careers in math and science, women seemed to have pulled the short straw. In general, women are paid less than men for doing the same job, move through the ranks more slowly, and are less lik…
Gender Schemas- What Really Holds Women Back From Science
One of the most talked about issues regarding feminism is women in the work force and the inequality that they encounter. In the book Why Aren’t More Women in Science, the topic of women in…
By Lillie Mucha
The difference between gender as a spectrum versus as a binary construct is one that is very close to me. I’ve known for several years that I don’t fall perfectly into the category of a “stereotypical female,” and I suspect that…
As soon as I finished reading the chapter, I remember a clip that was shown to us during orientation. It was a Super Bowl’s advertisement in the year of 2015 called “Like a Girl”. In the clip, adults and a little boy were asked to run “like …
The report entitled “Women at the Top in Science- and Elsewhere” discussed a broad array of topics and concerns regarding women in science. Author Virginia Valian discusses advantages, gender schemas, and entity and incremental theorists amongst ot…