Comments on: Are STEM incentives paying off for women? https://www.campusreview.com.au/2020/09/are-stem-incentives-paying-off-for-women-yet/ The latest in higher education news Mon, 07 Sep 2020 04:56:18 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 By: James Baker https://www.campusreview.com.au/2020/09/are-stem-incentives-paying-off-for-women-yet/#comment-89658 Mon, 07 Sep 2020 04:56:18 +0000 https://www.campusreview.com.au/?p=103153#comment-89658 It’s also possible that the incentives aren’t paying off because of the inherent personality differences between Men and Women.

Men prefer things, while Women prefer people. STEM is mostly concerned with the study of things, as such less Women are interested in those fields.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/38061313_Men_and_Things_Women_and_People_A_Meta-Analysis_of_Sex_Differences_in_Interests

The more gender equality there is the more Men and Women’s preferences diverge

https://science.sciencemag.org/content/362/6412/eaas9899.editor-summary

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