Lack of Women Engineers

HImom
Tue, 02 Aug 2005 04:51:56 +0000

This thread reminds me of a lot of the things which were said to women to deter them from going into law a few decades ago. When I was a child (whoops my age is showing), the women we saw in professions were often either nurses or teachers or housewives. I was actively DISCOURAGED from going into law because I was told it was “not feminine.” & encouraged to go into teaching instead. I tried working with kids every summer but decided I’d much prefer law over teaching for a career, even tho support for my doing so was “lukewarm.” It worked out. I believe increasing numbers of women will become engineers, as they are also becoming doctors, pilots, architects, and all other professions they enjoy. As the numbers of females in the different professions shift, the stereotypes also tend to diminish, since more folks will meet more of the range of folks who go into the different professions.
OK, off my soapbox now. <grin>
My son is toying with the idea of going into engineering. He likes math & physics & computer science & bio & chem & history. He’s a rising senior.</grin>