Women make great Physical Scientists Too
Patchanita Thamyongkit was mistaken for a secretary at a major science conference in Thailand. The presenter decided she was a secretary because her gender even though she has won numerous awards as biochemist. This seemingly thoughtless gesture is an indicator of the inequalities of the nature of the field of science due to traditional culture values of her country. This also true in the United States when analyze the data. Women make up only 30% of the physical scientists employed but they make up nearly half of the science majors in the country.
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