Male Domination of Philosphy

[Theorist]

Re: Male Domination of Philosphy

@Ghost14

Sorry to hear that, but that’s only anecdotal evidence. I’m guessing you work in a very male dominated field, and even so, perhaps a particularly sexist one, because I work in a manufacturing plant in operations (i.e. day to day with technicians), and I have never heard anyone suggest that a woman’s opinion is childish. Even coming up in engineering, where the male to female ratio is depressingly skewed, I’ve never seen discrimination based on gender.

yes, I am in engineering, more of mid-senior role so I don’t hear BS anymore. My opinion is certainly respected where I am now.

O and I am not the only one this has happened to. I know other girls who have taken up the same position after I left and they tell me how field techs are rude to them. It is the same story. This was years ago! Maybe you don’t pay attention to it because it doesn’t affect you.

Furthermore, most people who are likely to go into a PhD in Philosophy are hardly your average blue collar technicians. I seriously doubt they’d be the type to tell you that your opinion is worthless since you’re a woman. I haven’t seen it in engineering or any STEM majors, and I doubt this is the case in philosophy. If **women choose not to pursue it there must be other factors. I personally think it’s a combination of the argumentative nature of philosophy mixed with the relative lack of career paths. Going into philosophy is like swinging for the fences for your career, and women tend to be risk averse. You don’t see many of them starting their own companies either. **Men tend to be the ones to swing and miss big.

That is a good point!

and of course, respect comes as you climb the ladder but women do face sexism/discrimination in any male dominated field that men may not notice because it doesn’t affect them.