::::SamHB, they have found that promoting the idea that women are underrepresented in STEM fields and that this has to be corrected has the effect of telling women that STEM is not feminine/girly and thus women are more likely to avoid those fields. In other words, the policy is probably backfiring. See: http://review.chicagobooth.edu/economics/2017/article/how-promoting-stem-fields-women-can-backfire | ::::SamHB, they have found that promoting the idea that women are underrepresented in STEM fields and that this has to be corrected has the effect of telling women that STEM is not feminine/girly and thus women are more likely to avoid those fields. In other words, the policy is probably backfiring. See: http://review.chicagobooth.edu/economics/2017/article/how-promoting-stem-fields-women-can-backfire |