In the 2008-2009 school year, women received the majority of the U.S. doctorial degrees for the first time. This should not be a huge surprise because women have received the majority of BS and MS degrees since the 1980s, and women received 49% of doctorial degrees in the 2007-2008 school year. Men continue to earn approximately three-fourths of the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) doctorates.
According to BBC, girls believe they are cleverer, better behaved, and work harder than boys. Boys believed they were equal at the ages of 4-6, but then agreed with the female students by age 8. Researchers questioned 238 students at two primary schools in Kent, England. This research was presented by Bonny Hartley at the annual conference of the British Educational Research Association.
I don’t want to accidently offend someone by summarizing this from my point of view, so please read, and let me know what you think: Geek-aversion May Explain Lack of Women in Computer Science
Friday, September 17
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