Most people aim towards STEM fields since those occupations have higher wages. The problem with STEM fields is that it is male dominated. In “Still Earning Less” by Mary Ann Mason, Mason discusses how even though more women are working they still continue to be directed towards low paying jobs, so non-STEM fields. Although women are earning more degrees than man, their degrees are from female dominated occupations, such as sociology or visual arts. Mason argues that from an early age women are being pushed away from STEM fields, young girls are being taught how to be hair stylist instead of engineers. As a result, women lean towards more safe and low paying jobs with inadequate working policies. This education segregation is what leads to gender inequality in the workplace. Even if employers allow more women into their occupations, women are not properly educated nor trained for those jobs which prevents them from becoming primary breadwinners like
Most people aim towards STEM fields since those occupations have higher wages. The problem with STEM fields is that it is male dominated. In “Still Earning Less” by Mary Ann Mason, Mason discusses how even though more women are working they still continue to be directed towards low paying jobs, so non-STEM fields. Although women are earning more degrees than man, their degrees are from female dominated occupations, such as sociology or visual arts. Mason argues that from an early age women are being pushed away from STEM fields, young girls are being taught how to be hair stylist instead of engineers. As a result, women lean towards more safe and low paying jobs with inadequate working policies. This education segregation is what leads to gender inequality in the workplace. Even if employers allow more women into their occupations, women are not properly educated nor trained for those jobs which prevents them from becoming primary breadwinners like