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Female engineering majors match their male counterparts in number who go into the engineering occupation, but physical and life sciences majors turned toward a broader range of careers outside STEM. [26] Within these career fields, there is a pattern of sexist hiring practices that lead to less women being hired in these fields. [26]
Predominantly female work spaces are more welcoming to trans women than male settings. [39] [40] White trans men may experience greater privilege in male-dominated environments. [41] [42] [43] but some in predominantly female environments have reported being considered patriarchal or even less intelligent.
Christine King’s strategy for getting ahead in the male-dominated semiconductor industry can be used in AI and other fields, too. I became the semiconductor industry’s first female CEO after ...
The director gender pay gap appears to be dependent on several factors, including whether the company is in a male dominated industry and whether the female director is married or has children. [109] Other factors include experience, the ability to negotiate pay, willingness to travel, the expectation of overtime worked (Men are 3 times more ...
While this statistic, reported by the US Congress Joint Economic Committee, has significantly improved since the early 1980s, when just 5.8% of engineers were female, A Female Engineer Explains ...
In academia as well, much remains to be accomplished in terms of gender equality. Many departments, especially those in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields, are heavily male-dominated. [40] Women achieve disproportionately less prestige and success in academia than their male counterparts. [41]
A recent study of the tech industry conducted by New View Strategies found that 1 in 3 women experiences gender bias and 43% believe there is a gender pay gap at their company. These issues are all...
Female entrepreneurs have also made a name for themselves in professional, scientific, and technical services, as well as in healthcare and social assistance. In the majority of OECD countries, female entrepreneurs are more likely to work in the services industry than their male counterparts. [19]