http://www.twirlit.com/2010/02/23/why-arent-there-more-women-in-the-sciences/ Sun, 12 Feb 2012 01:04:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.twirlit.com/2010/02/23/why-arent-there-more-women-in-the-sciences/#comment-10691 Kat Ahn Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:14:38 +0000 http://www.twirlit.com/?p=38638#comment-10691 Agree with your point about the need for more positive female role models in the world of Science and Technology. Showing young girls that you can be brainy, cool, and still feminine is the key. Marissa Mayer of Google is a prime example. Agree with your point about the need for more positive female role models in the world of Science and Technology. Showing young girls that you can be brainy, cool, and still feminine is the key. Marissa Mayer of Google is a prime example.

]]> http://www.twirlit.com/2010/02/23/why-arent-there-more-women-in-the-sciences/#comment-10687 Anniem Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:59:06 +0000 http://www.twirlit.com/?p=38638#comment-10687 I am a scientist/mom married to an engineer/dad. Our proudest moment was one Halloween when our daughter wanted to be a ballerina doctor. She wore a tutu w/a stethoscope around her four-year-old neck. But, her example exemplifies the tension between gender norms and contemporary parental expectations. We're hoping her school segregates math and science for the middle school years, a coming trend that really has amazing results in preventing the ennui girls can get toward STEM at that age if they have to share the classroom with boys. Also, like you said, we're filling her little mind with science and engineering rock stars. Hope it works. I really want her to still want to be a ballerina doctor when she grows up. I am a scientist/mom married to an engineer/dad. Our proudest moment was one Halloween when our daughter wanted to be a ballerina doctor. She wore a tutu w/a stethoscope around her four-year-old neck. But, her example exemplifies the tension between gender norms and contemporary parental expectations. We’re hoping her school segregates math and science for the middle school years, a coming trend that really has amazing results in preventing the ennui girls can get toward STEM at that age if they have to share the classroom with boys. Also, like you said, we’re filling her little mind with science and engineering rock stars. Hope it works. I really want her to still want to be a ballerina doctor when she grows up.

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