The Social Premises Causing Gender Gap Within Maths And Science Involvement

Women have always been viewed as the weaker sex, and society will continue to view them that way unless they do something about it. In the essay “When Bright Girls Decide that Math is a Waste of time”, the author Susan Jacoby discusses the problems women steering clear of math and science subjects because of the traditional view of a woman. She focused on what causes high school girls to focus on arts courses instead of STEM courses and what are the effects of it on themselves. The underlying discrimination amongst boys and girls, stereotypical thinking of parents and teachers that girls are not good at math eventually decreases the self-confidence among girls to solve science and math problems.

An ever changing, yet common issue, in today's generation revolves around how society views gender. The general consensus dictates that gender, as a whole, is a spectrum, rather than a standard set for each individual male and female to follow throughout everyday life. However, there are those individuals who wish to remain reluctant in changing their view of society. Some believe it is better to allow the education system to be segregated by gender, in order to provide more resources to both girls and boys. One person in favor of this public education reform is David Brooks, a neuroscientist who published the article titled “The Gender Gap at School.” A thorough analysis of the effects of literature on men and women, biological factors

51 percent of the United States is female but only 34.4 percent of doctors are women. While 90.4 percent of nurses are female (“Women in Medicine”; “Male Nurses Becoming”), the women who do become doctors earn an astounding 25 percent less than their male counterparts (Groves). These staggering figures are only a single piece in the larger overall lack of women in STEM, or science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, which has remained prevalent since the beginning of these fields. Although women are underrepresented in these STEM fields, this is not due to ineptitude, but instead it is a result of the force of societal stereotypes coupled with their wider range of abilities. The recent increase in women’s association with STEM seems

“Where the girls aren’t” essay was written by Leonard sax following a report given by the American Association of University Women, which he did not agree with. On the other hand, "Gender Insights Coming to Your Classroom" essay was written by David Sadker and Melissa Koch. Both essays show that the number of male students taking stem subjects is more than female. Leonard explains this gap by saying that the number of girls taking stem subjects is lower than boys not because of inability but because of motivation. He explains that it is all about what the girls want to learn and how to learn it. David and Melissa on the other hand attributes this gap to stereotype threats, lack of role models and socializing. Although both essays explain the gender gap, they do so in different views. This essay will therefore look into the similarities and differences in the views brought out in these essays.

This report navigates the current state of STEM demographic in the country. It examines the reasons why there are less females undertaking STEM majors and gives recommendations on the problems. A brief history on STEM is outlined and the discussion follows with in depth analysis on the subject. STEM is a very critical education discipline with an importance in the economy of the country. Much as it is important, few students choose a career path in STEM. Although, there are more than 50% female students in Colleges and Universities, 12% take STEM related course. Why is this? This report is a compilation of empirical data collected in journals on the same subject explaining

Women have developed on many aspects of life. Nevertheless, gender stereotype still lives among us. Women scientist and politician face more challenges than their men with the same career. They are further critiqued on their physical and emotions in addition to their intelligence. Our culture still lacks to fully accept the equality of men and women. It is often seen than women experts are not as praised or paid as men with the same level of expertise. This creates negative psychological repression and reduces the motivation to achieve

Over the course of history, advances made by women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) have been overshadowed and downplayed due to a male dominant culture in these fields. The primary reason for these fields being dominated by males is the way women have been forced into gender roles over the course of history. Women with ambition to build, create, and discover have been discouraged from following their passions and are instead told to focus on raising their children. This discrimination has hurt the overall progress in scientific communities as it has limited women in the resources available to them and has forced them to work in the shadows. Yet there has still been great progress in STEM made by women. Over the past

The result of this case show that girl tend to increase its superior ability to the 3D image but show a reduction in the male, which this is to point out that normal male will have more of this ability than normal female because these hormones are availed in male. Even so, Virginia argued that this may be true but does not proved that it’s the case to the rest of male population. Wolpet use the perspective from the development psychologist Uta Frith, which supporting the argument that both gender do not have same neural mechanism. The agreement that “… neural and hormonal sex differences can interact to eliminate or create behavioral differences.” (Valian, 2014) The author argued that Wolpert, did not included the implications of social and political factors inherent in transnational difference, like China that have much higher percentage of women in engineering than the United States. Wolept claiming that empathy mark the difference between genders and so as a reason male’s dominance in

However, “Results showed that men in social sciences were evaluated more negatively than women in natural sciences,” (2010: 435). Chiefly, Sakalli-Ugurlu concludes that, while overall society regards those who pursue a gender-atypical education affirmatively, a man participating in a gender-atypical major is more unfavorably viewed compared to a woman attempting the same. This is a point that references the idea of the devaluation of the feminine which will be developed later in this contention. A more definite inquiry may be performed with the foremost concern being the presence of the existence of a gap in gender distribution across college majors now that the terminology and context of this analysis has been considered.

Despite, the both gender are equal in education but, men have chanced in better society. Contribution to women were discrimination in the career.

Interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) is thinning for women as they progress into higher levels. Women in grades 7-12 were surveyed to see if their interest in STEM fields were diminishing. According to Van Leuvan, this survey showed that there was a decline in interest as these girls progress through high school. Throughout middle school and junior high a love for mathematics can be developed. However, a loss of interest is present as soon as girls hit more demanding classes like calculus. Grades will highly diminished and a fear for comprehension of mathematics in the future will develope. According to the article “Women and Minorities in Engineering” a major outlook on success from students is their ability to understand calculus.

In today’s society, there are more men engaged in the science fields than women. With that being said, this could cause the commonness of gender stereotypes. For instance, science is there for men and not women. Besides the social life of others, these stereotypes can also be shown in during the education process. Stereotypes are mainly visible by the use of language, the methods of teaching, gender and the attitude that is given. The main goal of this article was to tell whether the science education contained gender biased. This analysis thoroughly explains men are more into science profession and women are more likely to become teachers. In this article, men and women shows a stereotypical representation in online science education

Studies have also been carried out into whether or not there are differences between male and female brain size and whether this affects how we relate to each other in terms of gender. Simon Baron-Cohen believes that male brains are wired towards systematic understanding and females are wired towards empathy. In addition he says that this is not necessarily always the case but the majority are wired in this way: “Both sexes have their strengths and weaknesses. Neither sex is superior overall.” (Baron-Cohen, S. 2003).

Over the past 50 years, women in the United States have made great strides in education an entry into the work force in this country. However, despite these advances, women continue to be underrepresented in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math, collectively referred to as “STEM.” Women’s representation is low at all levels of the STEM career “pipeline,” from interest and intent to majoring in a STEM field in college and to having a career in a STEM field in adulthood. Studies show that girls lose interest in math and science during middle school, and STEM interest for girls is low, compared to boys. Most research on this topic has focused on representation of girls and women in these fields, primarily on the obstacles preventing more girls and women from entering them. It is time now to shift the focus toward understanding and developing solutions for “what works” for girls who show interest and engage in the fields of STEM.

b) Secondly, men and women have different job orientation, skills, and credentials when they enter the job. Men may learn more difficult but practically useful skills and have stronger passion to win causing by tradition to some extent.