'Follow your passions' advice limits women in STEM fields, study shows

Encouraging young adults to follow their career passions may actually narrow career choices and contribute to the lack of women in STEM, according to a new study. Maggie McGrath and Huma Abedin discuss.


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'Follow your passions' advice limits women in STEM fields, study shows

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[reason]

LOL! The irony here is hilarious. "Women shouldn't do what they want because it stops them from doing what they want."

[iceastone]

not everyone is meant to be a lawyer, doctor, firefighter, businessman, teacher, or pursue a career in stem. we all have different interests/hobbies that we enjoy and we would love to make careers out of them. the problem is, our society is built on needing money to survive so we take on jobs/careers that many of us have zero interests in just to make ends meet due to high costs of everything, which is life. one thing i've learned as i've gotten older is pursue what interests you. life is too short for regrets and wondering what could've been if you'd chosen the path you really wanted. yes, you can achieve whatever goal you want at various ages, but make sure it's what you want, something you don't have a problem with getting up at the crack of dawn (or before) and staying late until everyone else is gone. not every career is going to earn you a lot of money and that's just facts (that's another long discussion there). i believe it's great to introduce different careers options/possibilities to children at young ages, but don't try to coerce them into a path that they have no interest/passion for. some girls will take interest and want to purse a career in stem. for others, not so much and that's okay too.

[middle_of_the_road]

STEM fields require passion and long hours. That is why they are also paid better. Men or Women who do not have the passion for the STEM field they will not last. No one without passion wants to work extra to learn the next new things. I work in a STEM field and i see this all the time. People are enticed by the money but drop off when they are required to work their weekends away learning the new thing on their own time.

[Paul-lmgv]

Anyone should follow their passions and dreams whether STEM or being a teacher, an artist or a gardener or a trash collector!

[benjaminfranklin]

How dare men and women pursue careers that appeal to them!

[thomasdequincey]

I love this! And, personally, I think it should be taken further. Women should not be allowed to do anything that doesn't improve "feminist friendly" stats. In fact, women should just submit themselves to a feminist overlord. Free will is overrated anyway.. well, for women it is.

[claudelebel]

Forget the studies and follow your passion,

[johnbrown]

I don’t care anymore. I’m willing to wager more black men have fought and died for white womens freedom than visa versa. I don’t care for her politics anymore.

[sircasm]

Mika's dream is to open a store that sells long sleeve shirts, shawls, frozen peas and makeup.

[claudelebel]

It doesn't matter what the studies say. Be a rebel and follow your own passions and desires.

[claudelebel]

Forget equality with men.
Be equal to yourself.
Be true to yourself.

[Chelle_Vibes]

Underlying this commentary is an assumption that careers in healthcare and education deserve to make less than careers in business or STEM. I disagree thoroughly. The solution isn't to socialize girls towards different dreams, it's to support organized labor in economic sectors comprised of traditionally feminized labor.

[psy-v]

So... telling young women "no. Your passions are wrong try this instead" is the answer?

[stoopidpursun]

Women would rather get a degree in gender studies so they can complain about the lack of women in STEM fields than actually study STEM fields.

[ronkirk]

I'm an old guy who went back to college in 1990 at age 40 to get a mechanical engineering degree at UC Davis, and at that time, there were only a very few women in that program probably less than a dozen out of a cohort of several hundred men. There were more women in some of the other engineering disciplines, but not that many. Women are severely under-represented in engineering. STEM fields are hard work and require good prep in HS and don't leave much time for partying in college.

[jimmyyoung]

The female human is being discriminated against by the alphabet army.

[Dingleberry]

Hey it's Anthony Weiner's weiner-pit !!! 💙

[busterofcoviddeniers]

So what’s more important? Do what you like or pursue money? Why are not they talking about the gap for men? Why not encourage more men for aba, psychology or art?

[alehanjdro]

Society puts more emphasis focusing on women's looks than her talent, whereas men are judged based on their talent success only.

[douglasreagan]

When Chuck Norris comes back from a Feminist rally, he comes back with his shirt ironed and a sandwich!