...Purpose: To inform on why women are less seen in engineering and also to create a solution to how we can motivate women to join the science field Introduction I came from a country far along the Atlantic and the Pacific ocean. I was a child born in the midst of boys who wanted to be involved in everything. As time went on, I began to fall for the love of wanting to build things and experiment with many materials. Upon arriving in the United States, I fell in love with computers. I later made up my mind to be a computer engineer. With such dreams of mine, I got a call on this particular day from a friend in Nigeria. We talked and he later asked me what I wanted to do with my life, joyfully I told him I wanted to be a computer engineer. I felt this sudden silence and shock on the phone, he made a comment to me, a comment that changed who i am today, he said “But you are a woman, Engineering is a man work, how will you do that?”. This later caused me to research more about women in engineering, and to my amusement, women are less found in engineering. Today I will tell you the two reason why this issue is occuring and the steps we can all take to end such issue. Lack of women in the engineering field can be because women were often assigned jobs sorting papers, copying, and typing—tasks they felt did not value or cultivate their skills. Lack of confidence also causes women to feel unwanted in the engineering field....
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...The article called “Many Women Leave Engineering, Blame The Work Culture” basically demonstrates the phenomenon of women in engineering majors leaving the field and choosing to work in other occupations. There are many reason that the author provided in this article to explain why this type of situation is happening in today’s society. First of all, the author claims that “Conventional wisdom says that women in engineering face obstacles such as glass ceiling, a lack of self-confidence and a lack of mentors” (St. Fleur, 2014). A psychologist called Nadya Fouad surveyed over 5,300 women who graduated with an engineering degree and found out that only a small part of the population remained in this field in the end. And she says...
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...ENGR 482 – Engineering Ethics 1st Response Paper Rought Draft Modernization: Friend or Foe? Engineering Gender Trends in Qatar By Karim Yacout Aggie Honor Code “On my honor, as an Aggie, I have neither given nor received unauthorized aid on this academic work” For many years gender discrimination between men and women in Engineering has been the converse of many authors and researchers; each trying to search for a reason for its continuation and possible ways to decrease the existing gender gap. The purpose of this paper is to propose a new approach to understand and limit gender discrimination in Engineering. The approach consists of three components if they are present they will help decrease gender gap in Engineering. These components are a strong economy that is driven by the need for engineers, a culture that encourages and supports the development of women in engineering, and lastly the abundance of engineering opportunities. In this paper I will be using Qatar as a case study for my arguments because I believe that Qatar managed to include all three components and the results showed a real decrease in gender gap in engineering. Strong Economy Many studies have been carried out by authors arguing that economic gender inequality is likely to decline with economic growth. Numerous arguments believe that gender discrimination in employment and wages involves extra costs for companies, but in the presence of an economic growth that would limit it (Cuberes...
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...Abstract With women accounting for more than 50% of the world population, achieving gender parity is an issue of global concern. It has now been demonstrated conclusively that social as well as economic development of a country is closely linked to the educational level of its female population. Several factors influence the fact that girls are participating less and show less motivation to take parting science education. Some of the reasons are related to differences in ways boys, girls learn, and the content of science education reflected in gender-biased curricula, textbooks, which are not related to women’s and girls’ concerns and interests. Many of these factors are bound up with cultural and societal influences. Being a woman in engineering industry is different from being a man in engineering industry. Not better, not worse, but different. Gone are the days when female engineers were masculine, grim women who were constantly exhausting themselves to be considered equal to men. The nouveau woman engineer is ambitious, comfortable in her own skin, strong, intelligent and feminine. This paper contains the path, women entered in to engineering field and the initial phase of difficulties they faced. The facts and reasons, which were dragged them in to Engineering field, are explained. The main difficulties and hurdles are discussed once they entered in to the field. The different field of study shows that women choose engineering mainly because they enjoy the underlying...
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...to be different not only physically but also in intellectual knowledge primarily. And hence, both of them have been studied for many scientist through the years because it is fairly important to understand the similarities and dissimilarities among them in order to assimilate the especial abilities that they possesses in opposite areas such as engineering or psychology. This essay will give a deeper look at different kind of abilities between male and female that are important to select professional areas of study such as Psychology and Engineering. To make a fair comparison the male brain vs female brain as left hemisphere and right hemisphere, that find a specific characteristics developed in each of them. Nevertheless, students who are currently thinking about to choose a perfect major should know which career must be adequate for them considering their aptitudes and skills that they need and they hold. Through scientific testing it has proven what people already know for some time: that the female brain is different from their male counterpart. Neuronal distribution and use of different hormones lead to its own reality in women, forming what might be called "the female universe" and a different way of valuing life (Damasio, Antonio R., 58). Physically, the brain of a woman is smaller than a man even after correction for bodily size. Today people know that despite the smaller size,...
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...And this is to be expected, since the average salary is a very respectable $79,000 a year (Interesting Engineering, "What is the Average Software Developer Salary?"). A bachelor's degree in computer science is necessary in order to get started in this field, though there are many certification programs available to teach you the basics in just a few months (Tech Directions 28). As far as location is concerned, Silicon Valley in California has the most software developers in the U.S and is a great place to start a career due to it serving as a nerve center for all things technology that continues to grow and provide jobs (Interesting Engineering, "Who is a Software Developer?"). A typical work week for a programmer consists of working comfortably out of an office, usually 40 hours a day, though sometimes they need to work overtime to meet deadlines. Being a programmer also means spending long times sitting in front of a computer, which could lead to injuries like back pain if you are not careful (Tech Directions...
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...Latoya Tanilus Mrs. Henderson American History/ Period 4 21 February 2017 Mary Jackson "Coming here from the South will be a culture shock. It is important for us to reach out and help them adjust." Mary Jackson. Mary had a love for science and a passion to help people that were surrounding her. Mary hometown was in Hampton, Virginia where there weren't many opportunities for black and especially for black women. "In the 1970a Mary help young children's that were in the science club and the "Hampton's King Street Community center to build their own tunnel vision and use it to do experiments." (Shetterly) Mary Jackson impacted the twentieth century in many positive ways. Mary set a path for women to go into the engineering field, and made...
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...Review of Related Literature (Appendix C) Gender Differences Gender differences have become on the hotlist of critical issues around the world. Hausmann, Tyson, & Zahidi (2009) reported that there is no country in the world that has yet reached equality between women and men in different critical areas such economic participation or education. It is well accepted that there are no differences in the general intelligence or basic cognition between males and females, the issue is whether each category is innately better at certain, very specific, skills. The cognitive differences that have been put forward include men being slightly better than women at tasks that involve the mental spatial rotation of an object, spatial perception and visualization, and math problem solving. Women seem to score slightly better on tasks that involve visual memory, word and landmark recall and math calculations (Kimura, Doreen, 2002, Pinker, Spelke, 2005, Newcomb, Nora et. al., 2005). “It is important to remember, when we sees assertions such as these, that these are general trends and that not every individual is held to them. Although both men and women as populations tend to do better at certain tasks, the margin of difference is quite small”(K. Smythe, 2008) Male “In mathematics, boys and girls have similar results at the fourth and eighth school years in most countries. Boys' advantage emerges in the later school years and is especially noticeable among students who attend the...
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...interest me are Engineering, Chemistry, and Anesthesiology. I came across an article that discussed the pay differences between male's, and female's in the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) profession's. According to a data study provided by the American Chemical Society (ACS) male chemists earned thirty percent more than female chemists. The findings of their research showed that eighty-three percent of the wage gap is due to differences in work ethic, and productivity, while the remaining seventeen percent is because of discrimination, and other unmeasured allegations. The information that I obtained from the National Society of Professional Engineers, in 2004 there were approximately 192,900 female engineers (62,000 were software engineers) throughout the United States, compared to the overwhelming number of men in this profession, at over 1,515,000. Women are more likely to get hired in the environmental, and chemical engineering fields than men are. However, women are less likely to get hired in the mechanical engineering, and electrical engineering professions than men. In 2006 females made up approximately one quarter of all engineers under the age of 25 in the United Stated. After researching the field of Anesthesiology I found that men are dominating this profession. According to a powerpoint presentation that I read from the Medscape Today News website (MSN), men make larger amounts of money, part of this is due to women willing to...
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...Gender stratification has been a hot topic as of late, and for good reason. The issues surrounding the wage gap include less pay for women, the lack of opportunity for employment and promotion for women, and the gendering of certain jobs that a demised more suitable for women or men. But, there are some steps being taken to counter this. While many parents, including Professor Stehle, are using forms of gender-neutral parenting, there are also efforts being made on larger scales.Engineering is generally considered a man’s job, but The Women and Minority in Engineering (WME) program at OSU is providing outreach to women and minorities in order to broaden recruitment and the interest in engineering. Women Engineering Their Future, Saturday...
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...DR.V.MAHALAKSHMI M.L,MBA,Ph.D 7A, CID Quarters, V.K.Iyer Road, Mandaveli – 600 028. karunamaha@yahoo.co.in ; Phone: 95 – 044 – 4281 5557, 24615636, Cell: 98404 60478.98842 51564 Profile: [pic] • Dean, Panimalar Engineering College • 15 Years in the realm of Teaching & Training • 8.11 Years full time Legal Practice in various courts. • Currently guiding 6 research scholars in various universities • Legal consultant for corporate houses • Authored a book in Retail Management. • Authored a book in Operations Management(Under Publication) Work History: |Institution/Organisation |Time Period |Designation | |Panimalar Engg College, Chennai |From 2006 till date |Dean | |Panimalar Engg College, Chennai |From 2003 - 2006 |Head of the Department | |Panimalar Institute of Management Studies, Chennai. |From 1997 - 2003 |Head of the Department | |VGP School of Management Studies |From 1996 - 1997 |Lecturer | |Independent Practice |From 1989 - 1996 |Advocate | Concurrent Assignments: |Institution/Organisation ...
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...idea that nature is a machine, it is comparable to women and slaves who are only existing to serve men, his theory supports the ideology of patriarchy were women are regarded as closer to nature and men closer to culture (Agarwal, 1992). This notion is ecofeminism and it raises concerns about human and nature’s rights. What are the rights of females? Does nature have rights? Men are considered more valuable than women, in some countries women only live to serve men and give birth to children, denied the right to education and everything to be done has to be approved by the males first. Yes, nature has rights but, these rights cannot be equated to those of humans (Stone, 2010) .The fundamental right for all biotic life due to its value is the right to existence (Emmenegger and Tschentscher 1993), for example right to live freely as a species fulfilling its purpose in the ecosystem not necessarily for the benefit of homo-sapiens but possess the mobility freedom and the freedom to reproduce naturally without any interference of technology (Weiss, 1990), the right to life without suffering (Beers, 2006). These rights are derived from realisation of emotions (e.g. the ability to feel pain) and equality among humans and other living being sharing the Earth (Singer, 2011) Anthropocentrists have a strong belief in science and technology, more concerned with progress and development, hence there’s a new branch called genetic engineering, it is a system under biotechnology, created by humans...
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...Fiona Sociological reasons for differences in gender choice There are a number of reasons for the difference in subject choices, for example stereotyping, labelling, peer pressure, gender domain, etc. Firstly a reason for early socialisation is gender difference in subject choices, this is because early socialisation shapes children's gender identity. Patricia Murphy and Jannette Elwood (1998) show how these lead to different subject choices. Boys read hobby books and information texts, while girls are more likely to read stories about people. This helps to explain why boys prefer science subjects and why girls prefer subjects such as English. Furthermore gender domain shapes the child as a young as due to there experience like Naima Browne and Carol Ross (1991) argues those children's beliefs about 'gender domains' shaped by their early experiences and the expectations of adults. By gender domains, they mean the tasks and activities that boys and girls see as male or female 'territory' and therefore as relevant to themselves as relevant to themselves. Children are more confident when engaging in tasks that they see as part of their own gender domain. Secondly the gendered subject images gear the different in subject choices this is as some subjects are seen as boys' or girls' subjects. For example Anne Colley (1998) notes that computer studies are seen as a masculine subject for two reasons: it involves working with machines - part of the male gender domain and the way...
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...Literature Review According to Helfat, et al. (2006), women in top management positions were nearly non-existent from the 1970s to the early 1990s. Information from Powell (1999) and Helfat, et al. (2006) shows a dramatic increase of women in business leadership roles (see Table 1). Table 1 Women in Management Positions As of 2005 women accounted for 46.5% of the United States workforce, but for less than 8% of its top manager positions although at Fortune 500 companies the figure was a bit higher (The Economist, 2005). Female managers’ earnings now average 72% of their male colleagues’ (Emory, 2008). Often cited as the reason for why women are not represented in top management positions is the “glass ceiling.” The glass ceiling effect is defined as an unofficial barrier to opportunities within an organization or company preventing a protected classes of workers, particularly women, from advancing to higher positions (Glass Cliff, 2008; Olin, et al., 2000). According to Helfat et al. (2006), the percentage of women in executive positions is gender specific. For example, industries with the highest percentage of women executives include publishing and printing (15.8%), transportation equipment (15.7%), securities (14.8%), healthcare (14.6%), temporary help (14.5%), airlines (13.8%), and food Services (13.6%). In contrast, industries with women holding the least amount of executive positions include semiconductors (1.3%), energy (2.8%), waste management (3.6%), trucking...
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...Amanda Ugorji BMGT 496 Professor Maureen Quinn 05/07/2009 Question 1- Discrimination & Religious Values Women are constantly faced with the struggle of equality in the male dominated workforce. Although many women hold powerful, and high demanding positions, women are still in a constant battle of the never ending race for workforce equality. In today’s world, women are not the typical stay at home mother. Most women juggle raising a family, going to school, and maintaining a full time position, while battling for equality. Women have made tremendous progress in the fight for workplace discrimination. However, many women are still subjected to lesser salaries in comparison to the male employees, sexual harassment, and limitations on job hierarchy. Despite federal and state laws of employment prohibiting discrimination against women, many women are faced with situations similar to the dilemma at the mid-size engineering firm. It is a great advantage and opportunity for the company to pursue the multi-billion dollar contract for engineering services. It will bring in a great deal of profit for the company, which will in terms boost all employees’ salaries. With such a strong connection with Saudi Arabia, the company is at an advantage of getting the contract. However, the fact that gender will hinder the company’s chances of getting the multi-billion contract is a major factor. Respecting Saudi Arabia’s values and only sending men to negotiate the contract will increase...
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