possibly noteworthy wrote:

Women earn most of America’s advanced degrees but lag in the physical sciences. Beware of plans to fix the "problem."

Quoting the article:

There were, however, no disagreements at the congressional hearing. All five expert wit­nesses, and all five congressmen, Democrat and Republican, were in complete accord. They attributed the dearth of women in university science to a single cause:sexism. And there was no dispute about the solution. All agreed on the need for a revolutionary transformation of American science itself. “Ultimately,” said Kathie Olsen, deputy director of the National Science Foundation, “our goal is to transform, institution by institution, the entire culture of science and engineering in America, and to be inclusive of all—for the good of all.”

Applying Title IX is the DUMBEST thing that we can do here. Making science "equitable" to the "sexes" is like rounding pi to 3.

If we want to increase the attendance in Science based educational opportunities for women, we need to encourage them to do so. If you ask the women in sciences today if they suffered "sexism" choosing their career path, many will say no. Calling this a Title IX issue is completely missing the mark. If you want women to join the sciences, you have to encourage them to be "whatever they want to be".

Then you have to be ready for them to select their own course of study, regardless of it's scientific content.

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