We hypothesize that, across the academic spectrum, women are underrepresented in fields whose practitioners believe that raw, innate talent is the main requirement for success, because women are stereotyped as not possessing such talent.
The study revealed that across the academic spectrum, women were underrepresented in fields believed to require attributes such as brilliance and genius, because "women are stereotyped as not possessing such talent".
Yes, we are underrepresented in fields requiring math and science backgrounds (which generally pay more), but is that really because as a high school freshman we were able to forecast our future job earnings and on that basis take fewer science classes?
According to O'Farrell (1997), acoustic detection has been shown to be a powerful supplement to standard capture methods to identify many insectivorous bats that are underrepresented in field inventories.
She makes a concerted effort to reach out to students who have traditionally been underrepresented in scientific fields, including students with disabilities, minorities, and young women.
Deaf and hard-of-hearing students have traditionally been underrepresented in STEM fields at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
Recent graduates who are from backgrounds that have been underrepresented in their chosen fields of study, including, historically underrepresented minority students, first-generation college graduates, students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, or women in some STEM fields, are strongly encouraged to apply.
One of the main elements of the DNA at Vidcode is women in tech.Getting women and girls, who have traditionally been underrepresented in this area, into the field of tech and computer science is something that runs deep here, at our wholly female owned and operated tech company, and one way to do that is through role models that have made it into the tech fields.
Women and minorities now constitute one-half to two-thirds of the population, yet they have traditionally been underrepresented in the STEM fields.
Ryan Germick, Google's doodle team leader, told the Wall Street Journal in an email: "Women have historically been underrepresented in almost all fields: science, school curricula, business, politics — and, sadly, doodles".
