Post by @grimalkina@mastodon.social

2026-03-11 18:16 UTC

@Sir_Osis_of_Liver@beige.party @CStamp@mastodon.social @mayintoronto@beige.party but we lump them together in education equity for a reason: PECS (physics engineering computer science) are notoriously failing to desegregate relative to other STEM fields. You see unique patterns of gender discrimination with that grouping specifically which better explains pathways than just using "STEM"

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@Sir_Osis_of_Liver@beige.party 2026-03-11 18:32

@grimalkina@mastodon.social @CStamp@mastodon.social @mayintoronto@beige.party I tried to get my youngest interested in science, engineering or tech. I helped with homework and managed to get her extra help from sympathetic teachers. Her high school teachers were all women aside from her grade ten English teacher. She never liked math or physics and dropped it as soon as she was able. Her marks were generally okay in math, but lower than in everything else. She had a pile of scholarships to start university. She's wrapping up a sociology degree in a few months with a 4.0 GPA. I honestly don't know if there was something else I could have done. She's got her interests, and I respect that, but seeing the career arc of the women I work with, I think she could have accomplished more.

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