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Re: Attracting Females to STEM/FIRST
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Originally Posted by Jessica Boucher
The longer I'm here, the more I feel that the bigger problem is not about attracting them, it's about keeping them there.
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The question we're asking should not be, "How do we attract girls to FIRST?" It should be, "What did we do to drive them away?"
There is very little difference among small children with respect to performance in STEM-related subjects and interest in STEM-related topics. As they grow older, they internalize expectations set in our culture for how they should behave and what they should value. At this stage, they are driven away from interest in STEM. This is the problem we need to address; it's the root cause of the issue.
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