As we head back to school this semester, I would like to continue on the topic of women in society!
In the world today, many women feel pressured into the fields of STEM. Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. These subjects are considered to be the harder choices and for some reason, society has used this to coerce girls into feeling like they must pursue a career in one of these areas. Some think that since women were forbidden for so long from practicing these subjects, they ought to be pushed into them now. This is not to say no girls want to be a scientist or an engineer; in fact one of my closest friends at the University of Mississippi this summer, Gillian Davis, was studying to be an engineer, and she amazed me! But I fall on the other side of the coin. I stink at math and science; my strengths lie in english and history. But because women are “oppressed” in society today, teachers and mentors push girls into STEM. This relates to the so called “wage gap”. Despite the numerous factors that are neglected in these studies, many studies find that women make 70 cents to each one dollar a man makes. If you closely examine it, it can be seen that this is because girls do not fall into STEM fields as much as boys do. This may seem like its oppressive but keep in mind this is a choice some women make. Like me, I would NEVER choose to spend my life making computers or calculating statics to build a bridge. But this does not mean that a man has somehow stolen this from me or prevented me from fulfilling my potential. It just means that my brain is made differently from a mans and I would prefer to pursue politics or history. If you are a girl in school today and you hear teachers pushing you towards math or science when you would rather spend time in history or english electives, make sure you tell your teachers that. Remind yourself to pursue what makes you happy and what you are good at, because we all have different strengths! If you’re like Gillian and you are a calculus genius, then go change the world. But if you’re like me and you like going through history and figuring out why things happened, then go change the world. See you soon guys. Have a great first day of school! For more information on the FAKE wage gap check out this PragerU video: Wage Gap
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