Amen to the EM homework!

klk

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> Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 2:55 AM
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> Subject: [OT:] Women in Engineering (was: Re: [PICLIST] [OT:]
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> Though there are a far larger number of female engineers in
> the Engineering faculty than I expected (at my school at
> least), there is definitely a need for more. Some reasons why:
>
> 1. They are among the smartest people in the class. I'm not
> sure why, exactly, this is, but it is true. 2. They are some
> of the most involved people in the program. The only two
> candidates for Engineering Society President this year are
> female, and our IEEE Student Branch chair two years running
> is female. 3. They tell some of the dirtiest jokes, and don't
> hate you (where "you" is "me") for telling off-colour jokes.
> The difference between Engineering and basically any other
> faculty on this is almost like night and day. As an example:
> the cover of the Engineering student newspaper at McMaster is
> adorned with a certain symbol which shall remain nameless.
> About the only complaints I've ever heard are from Arts
> students who have never actually read it.
>
> (If they had, they'd be doing a lot more than complaining)
> 4. Ask most any male in an Engineering program if he'd like
> to see more women in the class. Those who don't use the
> aforementioned answers will have one decidedly more predictable :)
>
> Do with these observations what you will... I'm too far
> behind in my EM homework to analyze this stuff.
>
> (apologies in advance to anyone who finds this heterocentric
> or sexist - these are merely my observations)
>
> -Randy Glenn
> Computer Engineering and Management Year III, McMaster University
>
> Keith Kovala wrote:
>
> >>Make love, not war...  :-)
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >In a field predominantly male, I'm not interested in this
> proposition.
> >GRiN. But I did find it humourous, but that might be the timing...
> >short message after long diatribe or the fact that it's 5 am
> and don't
> >need to be up at this hour.
> >
> >Why can't their be more good looking women in engineering...
> if nothing
> >else it would make the scenery better and the work environment less
> >testosterone filled.  Then we could make love and not war! GRiN
> >
> >Keith L. Kovala
> >klk@renderedelement.com
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