women are not equal in his engineering classd
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Jared Maudlin, a senior in mechanical engineering
at Eastern Washington University in the US,
wrote to the editor of the student paper after
seeing his female counterparts struggle to
have their voices be heard in STEM subjects.
“To the women in my engineering classes,”
writes Jared Mauldin, a senior at Eastern
Washington University. “While it is my intention
in every other interaction I share with you to treat
you as my peer, let me deviate from that to say
that you and I are in fact unequal, I did not for
example, grow up in a world that discouraged
me from focusing on science.” With eloquence,
this mechanical engineering senior goes on to
address many of the societal challenges facing
women entering STEM careers.
Women are dramatically under-represented in
many STEM fields, particularly engineering:
in 2012, only 18% of engineering bachelor’s
degrees in the US were granted to women. It's
also common for women who graduate from
engineering programs to leave the profession,
often because of discrimination and hostile
work environments, something Mauldin also
tackles in his letter to the editor published
in the current issue of his college newspaper,
The Easterner. “I have had no difficulty whatsoever
with a boys club mentality, and I will not face
added scrutiny or remarks of my being the
‘diversity hire.’ When I experience success,
the assumption of others will be that I earned it.”
Mauldin also addresses the societal attitudes
that teach girls that intelligence and ingenuity
are not what we celebrate in women:
“I was not bombarded with images and
slogans telling me that my true worth was in
how I look, and that I should abstain from
certain activities because I might be thought
too masculine. I was not overlooked by teachers
who assumed that the reason I did not understand
a tough math or science concept was, after all,
because of my gender… So, you and I cannot
be equal. You have already conquered far more
in this field than I will ever face.”
writes Jared Mauldin, a senior at Eastern
Washington University. “While it is my intention
in every other interaction I share with you to treat
you as my peer, let me deviate from that to say
that you and I are in fact unequal, I did not for
example, grow up in a world that discouraged
me from focusing on science.” With eloquence,
this mechanical engineering senior goes on to
address many of the societal challenges facing
women entering STEM careers.
Women are dramatically under-represented in
many STEM fields, particularly engineering:
in 2012, only 18% of engineering bachelor’s
degrees in the US were granted to women. It's
also common for women who graduate from
engineering programs to leave the profession,
often because of discrimination and hostile
work environments, something Mauldin also
tackles in his letter to the editor published
in the current issue of his college newspaper,
The Easterner. “I have had no difficulty whatsoever
with a boys club mentality, and I will not face
added scrutiny or remarks of my being the
‘diversity hire.’ When I experience success,
the assumption of others will be that I earned it.”
Mauldin also addresses the societal attitudes
that teach girls that intelligence and ingenuity
are not what we celebrate in women:
“I was not bombarded with images and
slogans telling me that my true worth was in
how I look, and that I should abstain from
certain activities because I might be thought
too masculine. I was not overlooked by teachers
who assumed that the reason I did not understand
a tough math or science concept was, after all,
because of my gender… So, you and I cannot
be equal. You have already conquered far more
in this field than I will ever face.”
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