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Thursday, August 18, 2011

Are Women Choosing Romance Over Math And Science?


Women are notoriously underrepresented in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM, for short). Now a new study suggests it's because women's interest in romance may be getting in the way.


Only about a quarter of STEM jobs in the U.S. are held by women, and women who major in STEM in college are far more likely to enter unrelated fields after graduation, compared with men. Lora Park, an associate professor of psychology at the University of Buffalo, wondered whether the old stereotype about how men don't find brainy girls attractive could be holding some women back.


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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Duh!!!!
And then the big corporation promates and places the woman on a fast career track just so she can quit and have a family.

Anonymous said...

Well this is so common sense in reference to the study. Men and women think differently. Men are typically left brain dominant where both sides of a woman's brain are used simultaneously. It also explains why women are multitaskers. Age makes a difference as well. Test women in their twenties vs thirties vs forties. You will find the focus priority changes over time.

Anonymous said...

7:59
Yeah, women use both sides simultaniusly all right, that's why they are scatterbrained.

Anonymous said...

It can be pretty amazing to find out what a master's degree bake-a-thon mom can really do with her multitasking skills. :)