Ladies in STEM Culture Empowers and Builds Community | by Lizzie Siegle | Medium

This opinion piece in the Toronto Star explains how the girls in STEM culture is failing both girls and STEM. The article makes good arguments that I do agree with, but in my experience (in Philadelphia and the Bay Area, not in Canada), the culture has more positive aspects than negative ones. “The Girls in STEM culture guilted me. The statistics on girls who “stop liking math” and women who quit STEM were cited to me as tragedies (even though changing careers is increasingly normal).” The statistics don’t guilt me, they drive me. Not to want to work in tech necessarily, but they drive me to want to make it a better industry to work in for other women (and minorities in general.) All of the women in tech events I’ve organized or contributed to were inspired in some way by the girls in tech event that kickstarted my tech interest (more on that later.) “I was unsure of what I wanted, scared of unemployment, and vulnerable.” Majoring in computer science, I am confident that even if I don’

This opinion piece in the Toronto Star explains how the girls in STEM culture is failing both girls and STEM. The article makes good arguments that I do agree with, but in my experience (in Philadelphia and the Bay Area, not in Canada), the culture has more positive aspects than negative ones. “The Girls in STEM culture guilted me. The statistics on girls who “stop liking math” and women who quit STEM were cited to me as tragedies (even though changing careers is increasingly normal).” The statistics don’t guilt me, they drive me. Not to want to work in tech necessarily, but they drive me to w