Girls Who Code Stereotypes

So, I've seen a lot of articles about girls writing to a certain group of guys who treat girls with little thought. There are articles about guys being players and guys who can't seem to be tied down or stay in a relationship. Well, I'm here to say that I am the girl version of that guy. Even though I see myself settling down someday, I can't keep a relationship going for more than a few months.

In a recent program, students worked with the College of Integrated Science and Technology. Professors from four different departments created a hands-on experience for the scholars. First, scholars learned about the ethics of science and technology by creating a short story with a monster and drawing out how the story should go. In the next session, scholars put their stories to life using MIT’s Scratch program, a basic and fun introduction to coding. The goal of these programming days is to teach the scholars a new skill they can develop, as well as to introduce to them to activities, and possibly careers, which they may not have been familiar with. Each programming day ends with a free lunch provided to each of the 70

The event will consist of multiple competitions that will showcase and foster women's talent and ability in STEM fields, as well as to provide a platform for mentorship. These events include competitions for computational problem-solving, math, and Rube Goldberg creations; the event is open to girls between the ages of 13-25.

Living in 21st century United States, being a much more liberal and inclusive environment than prior decades, gender “roles” and their normalities are being severely questioned and challenged. Americans have defined and established gender stereotypes that have become a critical part of how we look at gender roles and create biases about each gender. Stereotypes assume people who 'belong ' to a group will appear, behave, look, speak or sound like others from that group. The values, norms, practices, behaviors and traditions associated with the group are shared by all members of the group. For example, gay men are promiscuous, women are maternal and men don 't show emotions. Stereotypes are often dismissive, negative, and they are sometimes

For thousands of years, established gender roles have been a part of our society. Women are commonly known as sensitive, emotional, or passive. On the contrary, men are described as rational, competitive, independent, or aggressive. Believing women are more emotional than men is stereotyping. However, the stereotype is not entirely untrue. Development of gender roles is often conditioned more by environmental or cultural factors than by hereditary or biological factors. The development of gender roles between men and women involves the inference of peer community of each gender, the communication style of male and female and the intimacy or connection level of men and women.

I serve as an Ambassador for the Alamo Academies and speak at the New Student Orientation to share with them the bountiful knowledge and opportunities the program gives us with no cost. My efforts in the program and outstanding performance in my summer internship allowed me to achieve an Honorable Mention from the National Center for Women in Information Technology: Aspirations in Computing, this year. Every day I encourage women to join the STEM field because that is the ticket to the future, I avidly look forward to increasing the representation of women and minorities in the male-dominated IT

I’m officially part of the TreeHacks team here at Stanford, which means I’ll be contributing to create the best hackathon in the world that is committed to helping beginners discover the joy of building, including you. You were enthusiastic about starting to code, but you didn’t know if taking a computer science course was the right decision.

While attending an engineering conference, I learned of Black Girls Code, Inc. (BGC), a nonprofit whose mission is to introduce young girls to coding and technology. When the San Francisco based organization expanded to Washington, D.C., I stepped forward to volunteer and lead as the Events Coordinator. I collaborated with a Core Team of professionals and led a large group of volunteers to create introductory programming workshops. While there was an overwhelming demand for our programs, the Core Team quickly

As Miller analyzes the Twilight saga, she states that it encourages negative female stereotypes. For example, Bella Swan always thinks Edward Cullen is good at everything he does. After many people have watched or read the series, most have viewed Edward to be perfect. Others would say that Bella is portrayed as very timid. Comparing the Twilight series to Buffy the Vampire Slayer is a great comparison to learn different views of the way love is portrayed.

Computer science Nerds are individuals with a boundless interest in academic subjects, for instance, math and science. Computer science Nerds are socially awkward and have trouble relating to others outside of their fields of academia. Additionally, computer science Nerds intelligence quotients (IQ's) often exceeds their body weight. Likewise, science fiction movies such as The Matrix and Star Wars or Lord of the Rings are often favored by computer science Nerds, as are hobbies like astronomy or chemistry sets. Computer science Nerds usually dress conservatively and are more interested in the mind than outward appearance, although, both men and women computer science Nerds tend to be tidy, clean-cut, and hygienic. Computer science Nerds are generally self-confident in the academic setting and take pride in their intellect, and band together with other Nerds, although their social skills outside of their academic obsession are

Unlike most other kids my age, playing with plastic toys and pretend fighting; I started to design and code websites. At first, writing code felt cumbersome. Nevertheless, I quickly picked up new concepts until coding felt instinctual. As I moved my hands across the keyboard, I would type out code, line by line. Each keystroke felt like a further progression down a path of successful development. Developing websites felt like an art. This passion for web design led to me joining the Computer Animation and Web Design program at the Center for Technology, Essex. Thriving in this environment, I placed first in the National SkillsUSA competition for Web Design and made the National Technical Honor Society.

In well-known fairy tales the males and females characters are often portrayed in the same light. The male characters are often described as the hero with strong masculine traits while the female characters are portrayed as the damsel in distress. Throughout the years fairytales have been casting the same stereotypes for their characters. In the story Beauty and the Beast the author de beaumont depiction of what an ideal woman is lays in Beauty. She is meant to embody the role of a feminine, humble caretaker, lover, and savior. The author depicts males as provider’s, however, it is clear that the men in the story are dependent on a positive female figure for life. Beauty’s disappearance threatens both her father and beast with death, symbolizing

However, after coming home from the hackathon, I realized that it wasn’t just my teammates fault for placing me in that position, but also my own fault. I let my “imposter syndrome” overpower my dreams, and instead of becoming a statistic, I needed to believe in myself more. To continue my pursuit of becoming a developer, I joined women in technology groups and began giving a voice to voiceless students who wanted to learn more about technology by founding Bit by Bit. I’ve been fortunate to speak to panels of adults who want to support their daughter’s interest in computer science as well as enlighten industry professionals at technology conferences on the importance of diversity in STEM industries by representing Girls Who Code and ChickTech, two organizations I actively participate in. I’ve received mix discussions from the controversy of the exclusivity of Girls Who Code being a “girls only” program to encouragement from other women in technology. However, the most empowering conversation I’ve had took place in San Francisco’s Embarcadero on a Friday night in July. There were a group of 5 other high school girls and 2 writers from

In trying to replicate these experiences, I want to continue my path towards computer science at Penn’s School of Engineering; eventually understanding algorithms, data structures, while also learning economics and taking various other classes to prepare myself for starting a business in the future. I also intend to participate in the Penn Apps hackathon, where hundreds of creative minds come together to compete and bring new, innovative ideas to life.

Society can put unrealistic expectations of reality into individuals from a very young age. As soon as a child can begin to comprehend what is going on around them, they are shown movies of perfect society’s and perfect marriage. So, as they grow older, this is what they expect life to be like. Then, when they finally reach a certain age they begin to wonder why life isn’t going the way they thought it was going to go. The picture that the media and movies portray of life and how one is supposed to look can make individuals put outrageous expectation on themselves in order to be “normal”. Nobody feels those expectations more than females growing up do. Women are oversexualized and kept inferior to their male counterparts and this can affect