Originally Posted by nicoledad
To my daughter having GEMS suggests there is something wrong. Data means nothing to her.

What has your daughter said on this matter?

Originally Posted by nicoledad
I disagree but she in a way is going to be what she wants to be.

She will be what she wants to be, as a function of the environmental supports and attitudes to which she is exposed. Social proof matters. If she is passively presented with options in male-dominated fields and not offered a narrative that offsets the message that they are all-but-only male, she will discount those as viable options.

Originally Posted by nicoledad
In regards to boys she doesn't see the encouragement for example of boys being encouraged into non traditional male jobs.

This is where parental influence is critical. You can provide counter-examples to enrich her perspective. With the decline of the manufacturing rust belt, there are large-scale recruitment campaigns in health, education, and care-giving occupations for displaced male workers.


What is to give light must endure burning.