Coates discovers supporting evidence on STEM solution

My brilliant co-author Julie Coates has found a National Science Foundation study from 2011 on why women do not go into STEM.  The NSF study supports Coates' evidence that women choose not to go into STEM.

The biggest reason female engineering graduates don't go into engineering- - they don't particularly like engineering.  The third biggest reason- - they would have to do "engineering tasks." 

The NSF study tries to lay blame on a male dominated work culture, the standard lame excuse that just does not have any validity.  We are now supposed to believe that "making money" is a bad male value, for instance.

It IS true that the professions that women go into have a different corporate culture and often different values. Making money not as highly valued in education, non-profits and health care (if you work there, not if you own).

America continues to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Feminine Mystique by dismissing Betty Friedan's quite correct understanding that men and women are different, and equal.

Nice job Julie!  Photo: Julie Coates explaining gender and STEM to senior administrators at the College of DuPage last month.

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[D. P. Lubic]

More reading that may be of interest:

http://www.theatlanticcities.com/jobs-and-economy/2013/01/more-losers-winners-americas-new-economic-geography/4465/

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/03/20/richard-florida-concedes-the-limits-of-the-creative-class.html

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/03/21/did-i-abandon-my-creative-class-theory-not-so-fast-joel-kotkin.html

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[D. P. Lubic]

Just stumbled onto this, and thought you might be interested.

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/power-players-abc-news/computer-geeks-save-gop-meet-guys-trying-party-115212714.html

[D. P. Lubic]

Men and women are different AND--very important word, AND--equal. Seems too many of us forget that AND part.

Came across this site, and you might be interested in it:

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL39BF9545D740ECFF

Some highlights:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDZFcDGpL4U&list=PL39BF9545D740ECFF&index=7

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOP2V_np2c0&list=PL39BF9545D740ECFF&index=10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc&list=PL39BF9545D740ECFF&index=12