Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!uunet!ora!ambar From: farmerl@handel.CS.ColoState.Edu (lisa ann farmer) Newsgroups: soc.feminism Subject: Re: Engineering Females Message-ID: <14386@ccncsu.ColoState.EDU> Date: 23 Apr 91 18:31:20 GMT References: <1991Apr9.203133.2551@aero.org> <9104152033.AA00820@ss260.cirrus.com> Sender: ambar@ora.com (Jean Marie Diaz) Organization: Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523 Lines: 22 Approved: ambar@ora.com In article <9104152033.AA00820@ss260.cirrus.com> jill@cirrus.com (Jill Wilker) writes: >"study" ? One of the conclusions that we (during this conversation) >came to, was that a female student entered into a technical field more >as a result from family experience (possibly guidance) than from >excelling in math/science subjects in high school. What motivated your >studies in a technical area? Do "guidance" counselors still "guide" >females in more "traditional" areas? I started out as an engineering major *because* of my high scores in math. Granted some male figure gave me the idea that engineering might be my calling but I was in no way close to that person. I remember feeling strange saying my major was going to be engineering because I knew at the age of 17 that it was a predominantly male/"geeky" profession. The scary thing is I had no idea what engineering was - it had something to do with math - that is all I knew. After my first semester I changed my major to computer science for reasons of not liking engineering but I still didn't know what it was. Just my two cents worth. Lisa farmerl@handel.cs.colostate.edu