Gender inequality is alive and kicking in technology

With women representing a mere 20 percent of the current job force in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics – it is quite trivial as to why.

Interestingly, women in STEM are underpaid compared to the male population. More over, it is shown that more women enroll in universities than their male counterparts, but men are still more likely to choose STEM careers than women with higher academic rankings.

Bigger studies are still unable to fully explain the gender disparity, but have pointed to a a few possible factors and influences such as differences in labour market expectations, interests, self-esteem and more. The real issue stems from something much more serious. That is, that women are still victims of harsh stereotypes. Despite working in fields of innovative and disruptive technologies – they still fall victim to various forms of discrimination in the workforce. #LIS4022spr20

http://theconversation.com/gender-inequality-is-alive-and-kicking-in-technology-92539