I conducted several surveys with a few men on Wheaton College campus to get their insights on why they think women are scared to pursue a science career. Their responses were all interesting and majority of them had the same conclusion. There was at least one that had no relationship to do with the others but surfaced around the same idea.
This is an actual survey taken by a male student. The survey include questions as followed along with responses:
What is your sex?
Male
What is your name? (Optional)
This person requested to be anonymous, so I will call him Zack
Are you majoring in the sciences?
No, but he has friends who are majoring in the sciences.
Do you have female friends majoring in the sciences?
Yes
Do you think women are supported in the sciences at Wheaton, if not why are women no longer pursing a science major?
Yes, I am sure they are well supported, majority of the science professors are females, so why wouldn't they feel supported.
Maybe they feel it consumes too much time, and that they would rather have the extra time to pursue other things.
They may even be extroverted as a whole, and more socially inclined. Men may be able to buckle down and study more easily, though many men are the opposite.
This was an interesting feed back because I am a science major and I do not feel that we are well supported I know they have a science club but not a lot of people know about it and whenever there are meetings it like a secret on campus. But if you are apart of another major and they have meetings you hear about it all the time. Maybe I have not been seeing much action in regards to support for women because I am an athlete and I am not seen much around campus, but I am always in the science center. Being an athlete does consume a lot of my time, but I find the time to manage this sport and being a science major. Time should not be a factor because whatever you major in takes time especially if you want to perfect it.
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