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Women STEM students up to twice as likely as non-STEM students to have experienced sexism (www.hepi.ac.uk)
submitted 1 year ago by stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to c/technology@lemmy.world
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We know that women students and staff remain underrepresented in Higher Education STEM disciplines. Even in subjects where equivalent numbers of men and women participate, however, many women are still disadvantaged by everyday sexism. Our recent research found that women who study STEM subjects at undergraduate level in England were up to twice as likely as non-STEM students to have experienced sexism. The main perpetrators of this sexism were not university staff, however, but were men STEM degree students.

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[–] WHARRGARBL@kbin.social 63 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My CS classes were 90% male, and every professor was male, too. They all genuinely enjoyed my participation, and it was the only environment where I wasn’t objectified or disrespected. Same with my coworkers (again 90% male) when I went into the FAANG workforce; the men were happy to see women excel in a previously male-only field.

The general public was a different story until recently. Women were thrilled, a disturbing number of men refused to listen to me.

[–] Ilflish@lemm.ee 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It probably depends on the university. There are definitely dregs of "incel" culture that get in but they can't socialize and are usually left alone. In the workforce, interviews stop them from getting much further then that.

[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

In the workforce, interviews stop them from getting much further then that.

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