Nerd Girls
Disclaimer: this post contains my personal view on a given matter. Don’t ask me for statistical data that supports what’s written here, because I don’t have it. These are simply my own perceptions and conclusions, which might be completely mistaken.
There’s this movement called Nerd Girls, and reading their website just made me laugh.
So, they want to encourage girls to enter the “science, technology, math and engineering” fields so that they can “change their world”. That’s actually a very nice initiative, and I would be willing to support it.
But there’s a problem.
The science and engineering fields are traditionally dominated by men. I believe that might be alredy intimidating for women. However, I believe the real issue is that many men in these fields act just like the character sitting on the chair in this xkcd comic.
What’s the problem with Nerd Girls? Check out the Profiles section on their website. It does a really lousy job at trying to get women to be respected in science and engineering. The Nerd Girls website doesn’t look like one which is trying to promote the inclusion of women in specific academic/market fields. Pictures like Casey’s bottommost one will only encourage men in science and engineering (I mean, men who have such an attitude) to continue having an idiotic attitude towards women in their fields, thus keeping them away.
So please, Nerd Girls, get serious.
