Does it work this way ?
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| nmset Jan 30, 2016 3:38 AM EDT |
> a national non-profit that provides technical education for women My immediate understanding is : a male knocks at the door of this organization for technical education and is told : 'You're not a female, our tech education is not for you. '. If, and only if I'm wrong, how would it be welcome the other way round : a female knocks at the door of a tech education organization and is told : 'You're not a male, our tech education is not for you' ! I definitely want to have missed something in this post ! |
| caitlynm Feb 01, 2016 8:16 PM EDT |
Males are not systematically excluded from tech education. Women are. |
| dotmatrix Feb 01, 2016 10:27 PM EDT |
>Males are not systematically excluded from tech education. Women are. I refute this statement. There are thousands of programs out there for college and high school women and girls to participate in advanced engineering and mathematics programs. Here's a small sampling: MIT. http://wtp.mit.edu/ Caltech. http://diversitycenter.caltech.edu/women/caltech U of Texas. http://www.utexas.edu/community-engagement/youth-outreach-education In fact, practically everywhere you look there are giant signs pasted all over every educational institution for women to be exclusively included in tech education. Having said that, I see no problem with any program that seeks to further the education of any person. I simply refute the meme that women are currently being systematically excluded from becoming educated in any particular area. Did I mention that I have a high school age son? And that he's enrolled in technology specialized high school? And that his engineering centered school is greater than 50% female? If there was a prior problem of systematic exclusion of women in tech education, that problem has been solved. You could argue a particular case or a particular situation of excluding women, but systematic exclusion? No. That statement seems to be unsupported by the current educational reality. |
| seatex Feb 01, 2016 10:51 PM EDT |
> Males are not systematically excluded from tech education. Women are. Seriously? You actually think they are being excluded? |
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