Empowering Women in STEM

6 STEM, Creativity, and the Question of Gender

Daniel Shorten

Optimain Limited, United Kingdom

DOI: 10.1201/9781003336495-8

Contents

1. 6.1 Why Should I Read This Male Perspective?
2. 6.2 My Own Experiences of Gender and STEM as a Man in the Later Stages of His Career
3. 6.3 As a Parent of a Young Girl Who Has Yet to Make Life Choices
4. 6.4 Innovation in Design Should Not Be Limited by Gender
5. 6.5 Empowering Women in STEM Is Not about Fairness, It’s about Survival
6. 6.6 Why We Must Embrace Genderless Demand in STEM and Embrace the Differences between the Sexes
7. About the Author

6.1 Why Should I Read This Male Perspective?

Whether we choose to admit it or not, there are still large gender gaps and bias within science, technology, engineering, and mathematics ...