Hacker News Reader

>Women aren't biologically inclined to not like STEM fields (which I sadly see is a popular sentiment).

True.

> The reason women don't go into these fields is because of the misogynistic culture.

Ehm... not always. I've found that there is a cultural bias that the STEM fields are considered asocial and culturally women/girls have been raised to dislike asocial activities.

View on HN

+ for recognizing that. Consider this though, what causes first, the asocial stigma? And what causes our society to keep girls from asocial activities?

An argument could be made for a broader more general form of misogyny.

> what causes first, the asocial stigma? And what causes our society to keep girls from asocial activities?

In most western societies there is very little that keeps girls from these activities. But then there is the boob tube, watch some disney channel and study the stereotypes present in the shows. It kind of answers both questions. But it is not only Disney Channel I would consider it pervasive in western culture as a whole. e.g. Like TV shows like The Big Bang Theory.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com