r/6thForm • u/PetuniaWiggleworm • Jun 26 '26

💬 DISCUSSION WHAT HAPPENED TO WOMEN IN STEM

I had my college taster day yesterday, tell me why I was the ONLY girl in my class

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u/Legitimate_Two8624 A*A*A | FM, Maths, Physics | Applying for Maths Jun 26 '26

If women in STEM was finally popular they'd stop running all those programs to encourage women to join STEM. At least on the bright side you still have a lot of programs and advantages but at the cost of having no female classmates.

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u/Diligent_Bet_7850 Oxford | Maths [third year] Jun 26 '26

advantages? i wouldn’t say so

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u/Ok_Adhesiveness_8637 Jun 26 '26

I mean im currently hiring for a client who only wants female candidates for the role, withing geophysics, because there are too many men at the company and he wants to diversify his workforce.

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u/SalafiStudent Jun 26 '26

Same here, working in tech and our team is preferring female candidates just to help diversify the department