Women STEM students up to twice as likely as non-STEM students to have experienced sexism - HEPI
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We know that women students and staff remain underrepresented in Higher Education STEM disciplines. Even in subjects where equivalent numbers of men and women participate, however, many women are still disadvantaged by everyday sexism. Our recent research found that women who study STEM subjects at undergraduate level in England were up to twice as likely […]

We know that women students and staff remain underrepresented in Higher Education STEM disciplines. Even in subjects where equivalent numbers of men and women participate, however, many women are still disadvantaged by everyday sexism. Our recent research found that women who study STEM subjects at undergraduate level in England were up to twice as likely as non-STEM students to have experienced sexism. The main perpetrators of this sexism were not university staff, however, but were men STEM degree students.

  • LWD@lemm.eeEnglish
    4·
    6 months ago

    We are, without a doubt, living in some of the least bigoted societies in history.

    Me, an enlightened Roman, explaining to my house slave how he has it good

    • doylio@lemmy.caEnglish
      1·
      6 months ago

      Name 5 societies in all of history, that are as diverse as the western world today and have the levels of opportunity for minorities

      • LWD@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        6 months ago

        Name five societies in all of history, circa the time of ancient Rome or before, that had the same level of opportunity for minorities as ancient Rome.