Association for Psychological Science

Are women being scared away from math, science, and engineering fields?

Published in Women's Health Weekly, November 15th, 2007

Have you ever felt outnumbered" Like there are just not that many people like you around" We’ve all felt outnumbered in one situation or another and walking into a situation in which you sense the possibility of being ostracized or isolated can be quite threatening.

One group that may experience this kind of threat is women who participate in math, science, and engineering (MSE) settings- settings in which the gender ratio is approximately 3 men to every 1 woman. Recently, in the wake of comments made by former Harvard University President, Larry Summers, suggesting that women may not possess the same "innate ability" or "natural ability" in these fields as do men,...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2007-11-15)

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