[sdiy] Female sdiy'ers

[Scott]

This discussion could start to tread on some dangerous ground...  
but I just wanted to mention something I heard on the radio that sort of bothered me.  
I was raised in the time when women and men were the same. (and by that, I mean that's what my generation was taught) Any differences were not genetic, but because of society.  Women would pick up on engineering, and like it just as much as men.  And when I was in college and grad school, I was often surprised at how many girls were in the comp-sci and engineering classes, because it was in stark contrast to the way the classes were when my parents went to school.  (still maybe only 20% of the students, but they were there)

I was listening to NPR last week, and there was a big show on about how women are genetically different and pre-disposed to certain careers and attitudes, and this is why the are better at management then men..  

SO WTF  which is it people?!?!?!?!?  That really bothered me.   It was like going through a time warp back to the 50's.


-----Original Message-----
From: synth-diy-bounces at dropmix.xs4all.nl [mailto:synth-diy-bounces at dropmix.xs4all.nl] On Behalf Of Tom Wiltshire
Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 8:40 AM
To: George Hearn
Cc: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
Subject: Re: [sdiy] Female sdiy'ers

There's Veronica Merryfield and Cynthia Webster.

Female subscribers are a bit thin on the ground though.

When I applied for university, I attended some open days for  
electronic engineering courses. At the time, I was surprised that the  
entire room was full of geeky boys. Obviously for a single 19-year  
old, this was a big negative point, so in the end I did philosophy  
instead, and life took a different course. I'd be interested to know  
if the situation is any different these days, since it is still an  
interesting question: why don't more women do engineering subjects?  
Perhaps the roomful of geeky boys is as big a turnoff for them as it  
was for me!

T.

On 16 Jun 2009, at 14:23, George Hearn wrote:

> I had an odd thought today.. are there any female subscribers to  
> synth-diy?
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