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  • Date Created: 20 Feb 2020 9:49 AM Date Created
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Do you think women are fully supported to pursue an engineer career?

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  • makerkaren
    makerkaren over 6 years ago +13
    As much as institutions try their darnedest to promote more women in engineering fields, there are deeper problems that keeps them out. One, women are not often exposed to engineering as a career option…
  • dubbie
    dubbie over 6 years ago +12
    I wanted to answer Yes and No to this question. I was a lecturer for 35 years in engineering (or Electronics as I like to call it) and myself, all my colleagues and my University had no problem with female…
  • koudelad
    koudelad over 6 years ago +10
    I think that men and women have equal opportunities to pursue an engineering career. However, parents, kindergarten and elementary school play a crucial role in motivating them to do so. If you hide something…
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  • fmilburn
    fmilburn over 6 years ago

    There have been advances and successes but there are still many examples of sexism and cultural bias that work against women.  For explicit proof one need only look at some of the forums and blogs outside e14 which as Shabaz points out are sometimes shockingly sexist.  Education and the workplace vary  but the statistics are telling despite progress. Don’t ignore it.  These type things are hard to stamp out and I for one don’t want it for my granddaughters. Or anyone for that matter.

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    fmilburn over 6 years ago

    There have been advances and successes but there are still many examples of sexism and cultural bias that work against women.  For explicit proof one need only look at some of the forums and blogs outside e14 which as Shabaz points out are sometimes shockingly sexist.  Education and the workplace vary  but the statistics are telling despite progress. Don’t ignore it.  These type things are hard to stamp out and I for one don’t want it for my granddaughters. Or anyone for that matter.

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