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Originally Posted by Jack Jones
I think the conclusion is based on a false premise. It’s not the toy that makes the boy. Have you ever seen what happens when you light a Barbie on fire, or strap her to a cherry bomb, or tie her to a railroad track? If you personify the doll and make it your friend, then you would be less likely to go into engineering than someone who sees it as a few ounces of plastic in a humanoid shape that’d make for an interesting projectile. It’s as simple as that.
If "society" expects all girls to be sugar and spice and all boys to be snakes and snails, then that’s their hang-up. If you buy into that, then the hang-up is yours.
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I have to agree with Mr. Jones here. I personally think at this point the divide is more based on perception than fact. Yes males dominate engineering fields but not because it is some big secret plot against women. I rarely hear a person saying that women are incapable of engineering (I say rarely because there ARE still people who think that but they are in the same boat as the people who think the world is flat). Women aren't in engineering in larger numbers because, in a lot of cases, they simply don't want to be. You don't hear people worrying about there not being enough male nurses*. What about female construction workers? Remember, there are distinct differences in how male and female brains are wired. I know it is great to think that everyone is created equal but it simply isn't true. Some people are simply not meant to be engineers. If they still decide they want to then more power to them but life would suck without the writers of the world.
I'm not saying women shouldn't be engineers, just saying that maybe there is a reason women don't go into engineering more.
*This is a stereotype and I have no numbers to back it up.