One of the points I discussed in NYC last week was also the role of media and what is depicted in film, TV and so on wrt girls-women, a topic of the Miss Representation initiative:
http://www.missrepresentation.org/ Monique On 5/1/12 6:45 AM, "Mary Barnes" <[email protected]> wrote: > The article clearly states that women leave for the two reasons you mentioned, > which are certainly the exact same things males deal with, but you missed a > few others that the article notes, specifically and directly quoted below: > > "...lack of real or perceived opportunities for advancement, and uncivil work > environments where women were treated in condescending or patronizing manners. > Only 25 percent of the women who left engineering did so for family reasons." > > Mary > > On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 1:51 AM, Yoav Nir <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Apr 30, 2012, at 10:52 PM, Mary Barnes wrote: >> >>> Here is an article that does a far better job of explaining the situation >>> than I did: >>> http://www.todaysengineer.org/2011/May/women-in-engineering.asp >>> >>> The largest reason women leave engineering is due to the work environment >>> and perceived lack of support from colleagues. >> >> Interesting, but I don't really get some of the distinctions they are making. >> Women *are not* leaving engineering to spend time with their families, but >> they *are* leaving engineering because of 60-hour weeks and having to work >> weekends. >> >> I'm also not sure that stereotype is still valid. It's the romantic image of >> a technology start-up trying to get a product out before funding runs out, >> but most engineers won't work in those. Most will work at established >> companies or in corporate IT, and in those places, the 60-hour week is either >> rare or non-existent. There may be other things that scare women away from >> IT/engineering jobs, but there are plenty of those available that do not >> require that type of having no life. >> >> Yoav >> > >
