Comments on: Nerd Girls http://www.cesarbs.org/blog/2010/07/07/nerd-girls/ random stuff Mon, 19 Sep 2011 02:53:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: cesarbs http://www.cesarbs.org/blog/2010/07/07/nerd-girls/comment-page-1/#comment-116 cesarbs Wed, 07 Jul 2010 18:12:28 +0000 http://www.cesarbs.org/blog/?p=277#comment-116 I understand your point, but I still think the kind of material and presentation on the website might actually have a negative impact on the motivation behind Nerd Girls. Maybe *I* completely missed the point, but I'm still concerned that the website might give the wrong impression to some people (more specifically, some men). I hope you don't get me wrong. I have nothing against women in science and engineering. In fact, I believe women might give great contributions to those fields, since they are generally able to see details men tend to overlook. And I don't think they need to give up their feminine interests :) I understand your point, but I still think the kind of material and presentation on the website might actually have a negative impact on the motivation behind Nerd Girls. Maybe *I* completely missed the point, but I’m still concerned that the website might give the wrong impression to some people (more specifically, some men).

I hope you don’t get me wrong. I have nothing against women in science and engineering. In fact, I believe women might give great contributions to those fields, since they are generally able to see details men tend to overlook. And I don’t think they need to give up their feminine interests :)

]]> By: Lauren http://www.cesarbs.org/blog/2010/07/07/nerd-girls/comment-page-1/#comment-115 Lauren Wed, 07 Jul 2010 17:07:10 +0000 http://www.cesarbs.org/blog/?p=277#comment-115 I agree that the profiles could use some more information - perhaps about how most of those girls have advanced degrees from top tier schools and work for top technical corporations. Please realize that we are not trying to get women respected in science in engineering - individuals earn respect through their contributions. We are just trying to show young girls, who can not currently see themselves fitting into the stereotypical image of an engineer or scientist, that engineering is interesting, can change the world, and you don't have to change who you are to contribute to the field. You can still dress like a girl, and have "feminine" interests, even though you design circuits or build airplanes all day :) I agree that the profiles could use some more information – perhaps about how most of those girls have advanced degrees from top tier schools and work for top technical corporations. Please realize that we are not trying to get women respected in science in engineering – individuals earn respect through their contributions. We are just trying to show young girls, who can not currently see themselves fitting into the stereotypical image of an engineer or scientist, that engineering is interesting, can change the world, and you don’t have to change who you are to contribute to the field. You can still dress like a girl, and have “feminine” interests, even though you design circuits or build airplanes all day :)

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