We shouldn't be encouraging female engineers

"No, I don't thank you for the fish at all" (notindetroit) 08/05/2016 at 17:24 • Filed to: None

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We should be encouraging female LEGO engineers! Hook ‘em young and the bricks will do the rest, and even if they don’t LEGOs just make children more well-rounded anyway (I dare you to submit proof to the contrary).

I was reading ttyymmnn’s thing about !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! (not what you think) and how it’s almost impossible to find a legitimate real engineering hero for anyone, doubly so for women. Elon Musk is the only one I can think of that even comes close. It’s very hard to convince someone that engineering is sexy based on role models and overcoming the nerdy perceptions, so it’s probably a better bet to just let them get into it hands-on and let them discover how fun it is first-hand. And then once they enter into the engineering field hopefully we’ll have a ton of female Elon Musks.

bob and john > No, I don't thank you for the fish at all 08/05/2016 at 17:28

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holy mother of click bait dude.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > No, I don't thank you for the fish at all 08/05/2016 at 17:36

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I don’t think I’ll ever get tired of Legos.

Gamecat235 > bob and john 08/05/2016 at 17:39

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But... but... the lede in the post contradicts the title. It’s only clickbait if you can only read the title.

=P

just-a-scratch > No, I don't thank you for the fish at all 08/05/2016 at 17:42

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TL:DR - Give LEGO to girls and boys. Sometimes they turn into engineers, like me.

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > Gamecat235 08/05/2016 at 17:42

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I learned a new word today, lede. And here I thought I spoke the queens English quite well.

How do you Pronunciate that? /lid/? (like in he’s the leader)

BReLp7dzHM3ytYsE > No, I don't thank you for the fish at all 08/05/2016 at 17:56

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I played with Legos when I was a kid. I’m now in college working towards a mechanical engineering degree. Funny how that works.

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh 08/05/2016 at 18:02

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Pronounce, not Pronunciate.. damn autocorrect.

ttyymmnn > No, I don't thank you for the fish at all 08/05/2016 at 18:41

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Thanks for the shout out. Tilly Shilling was da bomb. I particularly liked the bit about how she wouldn’t marry her husband until he lapped Brooklands at an average of 100 mph. Because she had already done it. She was awesome.

Gamecat235 > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh 08/05/2016 at 19:18

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It is pronouced just like lead (as is leader, not as in the toxic metal/element).

samssun > No, I don't thank you for the fish at all 08/05/2016 at 19:30

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What would happen if we just stopped all attempts at social engineering? Scary right?

bhtooefr > No, I don't thank you for the fish at all 08/06/2016 at 06:42

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My suspicion (although, I mean, I’m a guy, so I don’t have direct perspective here) is that the problem isn’t so much a lack of encouragement for women to enter engineering, as much as the presence of discouragement.

Girls are steered towards playing with dolls instead of Lego, which goes to your point. Girls are steered away from STEM educational paths, because that’s not “woman’s work”. Basically, the problem with sexism in engineering and other male-dominated fields really begins when girls are toddlers , 20 years or so before they’d even enter the workforce.

Jobjoris > No, I don't thank you for the fish at all 08/08/2016 at 06:36

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Working on that...

It really is amazing to see what they learn from LEGO...