• ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world
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    56 minutes ago

    TBF Stalin had a habit of literally and repeatedly exterminating the entire class of people that included scientists, so they kept having to be repopulated with whomever was available regardless of gender.

    • eldavi@lemmy.ml
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      3 hours ago

      it really says something that the western world is so much less – the united states in particular only had 28% of its women in stem as recently as 2011

  • RiverRock@lemmy.ml
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    22 hours ago

    What’s that joke that goes “It was terrible. Hordes of rampaging communists everywhere, leaving a trail of schools and hospitals in their wake.”

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    22 hours ago

    They seem to fail to understand, the coersion is the only bad part. That’s like saying “things don’t change, some black people chose to work on farms, the coersion has gone but it’s still a problem”. No it’s not a problem, anyone should be allowed to choose to be a farmer.

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
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      6 hours ago

      Are you suggesting women somehow have less inclination to become scientists than men? Please do provide sources for this fantastical claim.

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      8 hours ago

      Imagine unironically thinking that women would rather stay at home, clean, cook and raise the kids instead of wanting to pursue a career in STEM is a good thing.

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      9 hours ago

      You mean like coercing millions of kids to go to college and obtain useless degrees they will be paying for for the rest of their lives?

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        That happens in USA. I can’t understand are Americans so ignorant or what, just pack bag and apply for uni in Eu? I have my bachelor paid full price ,4 years and it costed me not even 2000 eur. Now I know that law degree costs 1600eur a year. Med school more or less same. So if smart Americans can take loans for 50/100 k for studies ,why not to get a loan for 10k ,pay 4 years and rest covers living expenses in Eu ? Stop crying and use neurons God gave you,guys.

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      10 hours ago

      The coercion may be gone, but the legacy remains.

      They think, women in “men” jobs are merely a communist legacy, instead of it not being a entirely backwards society.