Go Fort Worth!
-1? The first place girl was from the Fort Worth area and I was showing pride... I don't get downvotes.
Girls sweep at Google Science Fair
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Re: Girls sweep at Google Science Fair
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Having studied graduate level Math at UC Berkeley, I can tell you that there are consistent, major disadvantages for women in the sciences even in California. Examples: 1. When working together on homework, guys would almost never accept corrections from women, even when they were right. They would accept the same corrections from guys. 2. If a guy got help from another guy, he would mention it when talking to a thir…
I find that interesting, considering I currently study computer science at Berkeley (undergrad). Not sure if i ever got that sense. I've had some really good female project partners and/or study mates. But I can see how some guys might feel emasculated from being helped by a girl.
Perhaps it was just the Math department. I shouldn't have said "the sciences", since the Math department was the only place I had any experience with-but sexism was definitely prevalent there. It's worth noting that it was more common at higher levels...didn't seem to exist much at intro courses, but it was significant at gradudate level courses.