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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So then it begs the question, which likely no one here can answer, why is this particular club all males, except for one female? [/quote]

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. [/quote]

So, it’s a reasonable answer in general for society. However, TJ is a STEM school. So every girl there wants to be in STEM. So why did only 1 decide to take this opportunity? And, even more importantly, why didn’t a person of authority (teacher) notice and make an extra effort to recruit women? Or, maybe the teacher did  make that effort - and they said no- which returns to the why didn’t the females want to join? [/quote]

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