She must have been conditioned from a young age to think that math and science are "boy" subjects.
I was always top of my class in math and science. The idea that I should hold back because I'm female never occurred to me. Many of my math and science classes were taught by women--just as many of the "soft" classes were taught by men.
It takes a certain kind of person to go into science. If someone is the kind of person who complains about some gender inequality in science, I would question whether that person has the aptitude/personality to be a scientist.
And yeah, I'm a woman and I have a hard science PhD.
Lots of women in astrophysics
Very cool. I was ready to go into science. I had quizzed into advanced calculus and loved my science classes but was told by my advisor (this was in 1967 or so) that it would be too hard so I ended up in English and education. I then went to law school. If I believed in a next life I would want to be a forensic pathologist. Some days I still wish I had gone into the hard sciences but I’ve had a good life and career and am looking forward to retirement.
“And yeah, I’m a woman and I have a hard science PhD.” ...
Oh no ... It’s a WITCH!!!! ;-)
(Just doing my part to uphold the media’s Conservative stereotypes as well as do my part to prolong the War on Women that exists in the minds of the LSD using class)