High School project getting a ride into space

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Have to agree that this is poor representation for females if only one girl in the club. I suppose it's not TJs fault but sure seems like the boys rule this particular club.

TJ girls represented in most other clubs...just not this one. hmm... and noone asks why

Girls usually lack the necessary aptitude (spacial ability etc.) and do not want to do the heavy lifting so they tend to stay away from clubs that require lot of time and effort. They gravitate towards tutoring, coding for women, cultural activities etc.

source? Link?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Have to agree that this is poor representation for females if only one girl in the club. I suppose it's not TJs fault but sure seems like the boys rule this particular club.

TJ girls represented in most other clubs...just not this one. hmm... and noone asks why

Girls usually lack the necessary aptitude (spacial ability etc.) and do not want to do the heavy lifting so they tend to stay away from clubs that require lot of time and effort. They gravitate towards tutoring, coding for women, cultural activities etc.

source? Link?

Troll

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:One girl? Seriously? At TJ they can’t even get more women in STEM?? Unbelievable. https://activities.tjhsst.edu/cubesat/team.html

It’s an activity kids sign up for - don’t believe they try out for it. If there are few girls that’s on the girls for not deciding to join.

- parent of a current TJ kid

Do you know of any club in TJ which has try-outs? Don't know of any.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:One girl? Seriously? At TJ they can’t even get more women in STEM?? Unbelievable. https://activities.tjhsst.edu/cubesat/team.html

It’s an activity kids sign up for - don’t believe they try out for it. If there are few girls that’s on the girls for not deciding to join.

- parent of a current TJ kid

Do you know of any club in TJ which has try-outs? Don't know of any.

No but it’s our first year there. I did not know for a FACT that there was no selection process for the space club but from the Facebook posts lately inviting those interested to come out it seemed open sign up just like the rest. Meaning that the group make up reflects who was interested in it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So then it begs the question, which likely no one here can answer, why is this particular club all males, except for one female?

That's not what begs the question means. Should say raises the question.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So then it begs the question, which likely no one here can answer, why is this particular club all males, except for one female?

It is not an all male club since there is one female also.

The reason that there are not many women in STEM is because the majority culture (White culture) that has the maximum resources available to them mainly value girls for looks. As a result, it is more likely for White teenage girls to be in non-STEM programs than in STEM programs. Asians of the same SES on the other hand will encourage their daughters to get into STEM field because a) barrier to entry is higher and b) education is priortized over looks and c) it provides them with some guaranteed financial security to have a better life.

However, Asian-American female students cannot make up for the lack of interest of other groups. The reason there are so few women in STEM is because Asian-Americans are a tiny minority in US. I hope this answers your question.

What does looks have to do with STEM vs other fields?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Have to agree that this is poor representation for females if only one girl in the club. I suppose it's not TJs fault but sure seems like the boys rule this particular club.

TJ girls represented in most other clubs...just not this one. hmm... and noone asks why

Girls usually lack the necessary aptitude (spacial ability etc.) and do not want to do the heavy lifting so they tend to stay away from clubs that require lot of time and effort. They gravitate towards tutoring, coding for women, cultural activities etc.

Girls are in other STEM clubs, but not this one, because girls lack SPACIAL ability.