Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal by Zach Weinersmith for November 12, 2019
November 11, 2019
November 14, 2019
Transcript:
Boy Toys It's Mechablox! What to do? Be arranged in literally infinite ways, then hooked to a computer and remote-controlled! Girl Toys It's a doll! What to do? Be a doll! Subsequently... Why are there so few girl engineers?
And because if we try to encourage STEM thinking in our girls, parents are “told” they’re being PC, or ruining her femininity, or not being traditional, or she won’t find love, or she won’t be a Mom, …………….
Go watch the youtube videos by Jordan Peterson. He talks about this and the data that measures it. It seems that in early school years, girls show as much ability in stem as do boys but that they don’t maintain interest in the subject. There are similar areas where the opposite is true.
I kept my Lego and later gave it to my girls to play with. I held off on buying sets and went more for the blocks and motors and other such things. The sets are nice but the blocks allow for more creativity. Unless it’s the Millennium Falcon. The $799.99 Millennium Falcon. That’s one big MF. Including porgs, Chewie and other mini-figs.
My daughter and I built things with K’nex and Legos every night because she liked them. She had dolls, but was not much of a doll person but still did a lot of “girly” things with friends. She graduates as a civil engineer this spring, I could not be more proud of her!
My parents learned early on that it was useless to give me dolls. My sister, though, loved them. I was always more interested in my brothers’ toys because they were fun, exciting or mentally challenging.
Ida No about 5 years ago
Because of all the boys trying to hit on them.
Darsan54 Premium Member about 5 years ago
And because if we try to encourage STEM thinking in our girls, parents are “told” they’re being PC, or ruining her femininity, or not being traditional, or she won’t find love, or she won’t be a Mom, …………….
Qiset about 5 years ago
Go watch the youtube videos by Jordan Peterson. He talks about this and the data that measures it. It seems that in early school years, girls show as much ability in stem as do boys but that they don’t maintain interest in the subject. There are similar areas where the opposite is true.
gnome about 5 years ago
… because they did not want a celibate life?…..
… sex has no factor in intelligence, but it seem to affect all other aspects…
455634 about 5 years ago
whatever happened to the OG, Legos
Teto85 Premium Member about 5 years ago
I kept my Lego and later gave it to my girls to play with. I held off on buying sets and went more for the blocks and motors and other such things. The sets are nice but the blocks allow for more creativity. Unless it’s the Millennium Falcon. The $799.99 Millennium Falcon. That’s one big MF. Including porgs, Chewie and other mini-figs.
Teto85 Premium Member about 5 years ago
Interesting considering Kelly is a professor of astromony.
Madzdad the bard about 5 years ago
My daughter and I built things with K’nex and Legos every night because she liked them. She had dolls, but was not much of a doll person but still did a lot of “girly” things with friends. She graduates as a civil engineer this spring, I could not be more proud of her!
TheLetterista.com about 5 years ago
My parents learned early on that it was useless to give me dolls. My sister, though, loved them. I was always more interested in my brothers’ toys because they were fun, exciting or mentally challenging.
kunddog about 5 years ago
well I know why there is so few women civil engineers