In order to get my point across of the need of more women in Computer Science, the best group to present my solution to is towards the Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District. In addition, the school district is great in order to keep it to a local community and present the need to involve all schools to promote some computer related course for all students. This is important because according to a research by the University of Washington, “children express the stereotype that mathematics is for boys, not for girls, as early as second grade” (McElroy 2011). The typical age for the second grade is seven years old and to think that seven years olds already have the mindset of stereotyping at such a young age is astonishing. Consequently, mathematics are very important to Computer Science and at early ages of stereotypes, this would certainly not help the outcome of women in computer-related degrees for the future. …show more content…
Subsequently, the school board currently consists of seven members and each of them have lived near the cypress area for most of their lives. What has stood out the most for me while researching the Cypress Fairbanks website is that the board members responsibilities are to provide educational leadership for the district and be attuned to the concerns of the community regarding educational and financial issues (Know your district 1 2016). From this information, we can assume since my problem is with the lack of women in computer science that they would hear me out in presenting my speech to implement more computer related courses throughout all grade
This study and what was found in the Lit Review both agree that television does indeed have some correlation with interest in STEM fields. The research studies reviewed stereotypes of women seen in the media as a whole, which is related on a macro level. However, this study tries to look at stereotypes of women in STEM. The questions asked in this study looked into changing perceptions of women in STEM by having female scientist characters as the main character, in that it would hopefully put them in a more positive light. The ones described at the very beginning of the Lit review ended up not being as useful information than thought. However, the research conducted by Kimberly(2002), Orithia and Morgain(2013), Deegan(1983), and Stienke and
I have witnessed several prejudice or stereotype instances recently in my life, whether it be a personal accusation or done to a friend. The most prevalent being sexism in a workplace environment. One event in particular was when I worked as a waitress at a golf course restaurant in Connecticut. The owner of the establishment said lowkey offensive comments in regards to the female staff. When I was putting away dishes in the kitchen, the owner would say “a girl should have your job in the kitchen and you should be out on the course” to our cook. In addition to comments such as the previous one, the owner would never let any of the female employees work as the bartender (which was the best paying job at the restaurant). He would always hire
When it comes to professions, most people associate more complex ones with men while jobs of lower status are associated with women. For instance, when one hears that someone is an engineer, what is their first thought? That person is most likely a male. On the other hand, when hearing nurse, the person thinks of a female. These gender neutral terms became gender specific due to stereotypical views that associate women with jobs of servitude and men with leadership roles. Often, people even add “women” or “lady” to professions that are associated with men. Doctor becomes woman doctor, engineer becomes women engineer, and lawyer becomes lady lawyer. Such terminology implies that women in these positions are not as valued as their male counterparts
The college level is, in a certain sense, too late.” The young ladies are nowadays deciding what they're would like to major much earlier than what than young men would like to major in. If they decide they're not interested in computer science at the end of 8th grade, there's nothing that can change them to do at the college level to change their paradigm. The sad news here is that the number of computer sience teachers is very less and so much so that theirs is only one out of 10 teachers that is competent enough to teach computer science. Hence, the problem of the lack of good computer science in the secondary schools in the country is also a very big major problem. Therefore, it wouldn’t be wrong if we say that the problem of the shortage of jobs takes place in the United States from the very rudimentary level. Therefore, we need to dig deep to completely clear this problem of not having enough computer science majors else it won’t long enough that there would be a technological crisis in the United States just because there aren’t people to handle the multiple databases and control cryptology on which the world currently
In my experience stereotyping has no affect on a woman's actual performance. It can and does affect the opportunities she is given to perform and the way her performance is viewed by others. If a supervisor assumes all women are emotional and flighty he won't put them in decision making or challenging positions, this denies women a fair opportunity to show what they can do. Human beings make mistakes, it's inevitable, that's why we have quality control procedures and redundant checks, but a man with a prejudice against women will let men slide, but, when a woman makes the same mistake under the same circumstances, he'll make an issue of how this proves that women don't belong in the work force. I spent 20 years in the U.S. Navy, I've worked
“Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition.”-Marilyn Monroe. For years women have been striving to be equal with men, but women have been paying for it. Out of all the companies in this world, less than ten percent of all CEOs are women. When a man and a women have the same job, women tend to be paid less, and around the world women have been grouped into stereotypes. So I strongly believe that women can do anything a man can do, and that was proven over the years. Now and days women are being stereotyped by the world around them, they are being paid less, and all bigger companies are run by males. If people looked harder at the world around them, they can change the way others look at women.
Women are often seen as having the less desirable characteristics of managerial jobs. They are seen as less self-confident, more emotional, helpful, sympathetic, less analytical and less consistent persons. While men are seen as more aggressive, decisive, dominant, active, competitive, logical, self-confident individuals. They possess more leadership abilities than women (Oakley, 2000). Also, the physical appearance and way of dressing can serve as a barrier to advancement. Women try to overcome these differences by accentuating and imitating male characteristics and lessen their feminine aspects (Oakley,2000). When women dress themselves in a more conservative way, “the male way”, they are perceived as inauthentic. If they dress in ways that
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Right from the start, as early as the beginnings of human life on Earth, women have been symbolized as people of the lower class, not holding much importance, compared to men. To present day, that concept is still alive and in existence. The situation concerning this area should be more valued and shown importance towards. Does it ever not come to mind that many women are showing more abilities and grand skills than most men and yet and still, how is it possible that men are earning the higher wage? As a female myself, it’s mind-blowing that only 1 percent of the world’s wealth is held by women, and the rest of 99 percent is dominated by males. From all sorts of fields such as arts and entertainment, business, law, sports, etc., women are paid less than what the men are given. The huge imbalance between the numbers convey a great deal of biasness and discrimination. Many say, “When women lead, their
In the world today, there are also many countries that consider women to be in a lower social class than men. In fact, on January 22 last year, the Indian Times released this statement: “A kangaroo court last Sunday decided that the victim be raped by 10 men as she had committed a crime by having an affair outside the community. The tribal heads had found that the sin of the 20-year-old can be only undone if she gets raped by 10 tribal men.” Gender inequality is not just seen in India, but also around the world. They are denied any power or any string that ties them to being a valued human life. In Saudi Arabia, women are denied a driver's license. In China, female babies are being killed because of the “one-child” policy and their preference
On the left side, is what the stereotypes of being female. I chose pictures such as the white rose and the Sports Illustrated cover to show the contrast between the expectations of being pure and the expectation of being sexual. The image with the longer shows that women are expected to have long, processed hair. The pie, a soft blanket, a diamond ring, and mother holding her child represents the expectation to be maternal and having to want to be married. The high heels, perfume and Marilyn Monroe show that women are supposed to be glamourous, while the 1950’s advertisement shows we are also supposed to be practical. I chose such images as Taylor Swift, Sex in the City and romantic-comedies to show how our culture see women as romantic object,
In order for nursing to become a less skewed occupation the image of nursing needs to change. According to Weaver et al. (2014), the negative images of how men are depicted in popular culture harm recruitment and retention of men in the profession. If the image of nursing on television comes across as attractive and diverse, career retention rates of male nurses may improve. Also, policy makers should promote male nursing as an attractive and valid career option. A barrier to recruitment is the lack of male nursing role models in media. Nursing needs to look more desirable to men (Weaver et al., 2014, p.834). According to Genua (2005), more men should be depicted as nurses on television, on billboards, and in advertisements. Also, young boys should be educated about the field. Other important elements to consider are defeminizing the caring aspect of nursing and recognizing the contributions men have made to nursing (Genua, 2005, p.7). Sayman (2015), also agrees that
Gender stereotypes and bias have been severe problems that range from the creation of humans all the way until the present. Although they may have looked differently than today, with increased and advanced technology and a divergent society, these problems have always existed, no matter how small. Women have never acted upon this inequality until the present because they never had enough support among themselves, and they grew up believing that they were naturally inferior. For example, mostly discerned in primordial times, but also commonly today is the stereotype that men should be the providers for the family while women should be the housekeeper and nurturer. Today, the social problems related to gender bias and prejudice are very troubling
related to the lack of girls in computer science and other sciences as well as math studies in junior and senior high schools(3). Only 26% of girls are in the classes relating to sciences in our junior and senior high schools. While that number is up from the 1950's number of less than 10%, the increase is more due to the population number increases and not the fact more girls are encouraged to enter the
Challenges The main challenge here is to break the stereotype that females are not as good at mathematics as males are. Even though this stereotype is not as strong as other stereotypes out there, there is still a misconception that men are better at certain subjects and women need to focus on what they are supposed to be better at. What we have to do here is show those who doubt students like Jamie Peterson that the stereotypes are wrong and why they are wrong. The challenge also comes with dealing with teachers and counselors that try to guide students like her into fields that they believe that the student want to do. They want to make sure that the student is in the most successful situation. But, if the student is not happy in that field, they might end up being