> Since 1990, the number of women entering careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, or commonly known as STEM, has basically remained stagnant.
That's inaccurate. The number of women since 1990 has increased in STEM. The ratio relative to men however has become worse or stagnated depending on whose data you wish to use.
People keep repeating the "women in STEM are decreasing" myth because others keep intentionally using misleading graphs that show % of women in STEM and then a nasty downward line. The reality is total numbers of people in STEM has increased, and so have the total number of women, men's participation just increased at a greater rate.
So the question is: What happened that made men's participation increase faster than women's participation? I don't see anyone asking that.
That's inaccurate. The number of women since 1990 has increased in STEM. The ratio relative to men however has become worse or stagnated depending on whose data you wish to use.
People keep repeating the "women in STEM are decreasing" myth because others keep intentionally using misleading graphs that show % of women in STEM and then a nasty downward line. The reality is total numbers of people in STEM has increased, and so have the total number of women, men's participation just increased at a greater rate.
So the question is: What happened that made men's participation increase faster than women's participation? I don't see anyone asking that.