Making STEM a better place for women

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Originally Posted by jweston

The way to fix this is to change our culture so girls feel completely secure to assert themselves whenever and however they want within the same bounds we'd apply to boys.

You're correct that that is the change we need, but I think your approach is a little mis-guided. I believe the approach should be:

Originally Posted by Karthik

The sooner we stop focusing on teaching girls how to deal with harassment from boys, and start teaching boys not to harass girls, the better. The onus needs to be on the perpetrators of harassment, not the victims.

Girls will feel secure when the environment for them is secure.