I heard a joke recently: my wife called her husband who is a programmer: buy ten buns on the way after get off work. If you see a watermelon seller, buy one. That night my husband entered the house with a bun in his hand. The wife said angrily: Why do you only buy one bun?
A short 60-word joke actually shows many typical stereotypes-programmers are usually men, programmers are usually too rigorous in logical thinking to ignore the actual needs of life, women always keep the house and cook at home That, and irritable.
Are all programmers male? Is a woman's bounden duty to take care of the family? Are women always irrational and irritable?
I have found a few examples of outstanding women. They come from large factories and are engaged in technical research in the field of science and technology where male practitioners account for up to 80%. They are not only programmers but also technical experts. They despise all gender stereotypes. Technology is the bridge to achieve independence, self-confidence, and the only self.
The plight of women today
Too much asked, too little encouraged
Yi Lingling, who has been with Tencent for 12 years and is mainly researching data analysis and algorithm recommendation, has been expected by her parents to become a teacher. Her undergraduate major is mathematics. During her master's degree, she saw her tutor using computer image recognition technology to recognize the handwriting of different styles written by the students in the project team. She was attracted by the charm of this technology and entered the computer industry. Lin Fen, who has also been employed for 12 years and researched search technology, has similar experience. She originally wanted to be a teacher. She saw the development of computer and search technology while studying at Beijing Normal University and began to adjust her direction.
To study technology and study science, girls were not encouraged from the beginning. "It may be too hard for many parents to study science and technology and devote themselves to the field of science and technology. But in fact, in any field, it will be very hard to do the best." Post-80s entrepreneurs who focus on customizing WeChat mini programs for luxury brands Jiao Zhonghua analysis. Influenced by traditional concepts, parents of the previous generation took “behave” and “work stability” as the goal of cultivating girls. They did not realize that the current society’s requirements for women are not the same. Nowadays, women are required to have careers, bear the responsibility of childcare, and return. To deal with household chores, if you fail to do well in any aspect, you will face accusations of not being independent, disregarding your family, and being unfilial.
Women are discouraged from choosing science and entering those fields that are developing extremely fast and require continuous learning, such as finance, or science and technology. This has led to the current shortage of women in these fields. In the financial field, women in professional positions (such as fund managers, brokerage analysts, etc.) account for only 25% of women, and women in the most popular technology positions in the science and technology field account for less than 20%. In the list of academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, women are not even 6%...
Take the field of science and technology as an example. With fewer female practitioners, technical decision-making will be limited to men’s experience, opinions, and judgments, leading to a more gender-biased development in the technological society. And this vicious circle can only be broken by relying on women's continuous participation, continuous contribution, and continuous voice to let them be seen.
Therefore, this year’s International Women’s Day, the United Nations Development Programme launched the "HERstory: Women in Tech" initiative, "focusing on her power in the science and technology sector, committed to breaking gender stereotypes, encouraging more women to enter the science and technology field, and promoting gender equality and technological innovation. Sustainable development".
Break the shackles
Ability to speak, no difference in gender
Women who have really entered the field of science and technology tell us that the so-called gender difference does not exist.
Scientific research has also shown this point. Developmental psychologists Eleanor McCorby and Carol Jacklin at Stanford University reviewed thousands of studies in "Psychology of Gender Differences" and found that there is not much data to support the traditional Men and women have different opinions. There is no obvious difference between male and female brains except for the size (male brains are larger, but their bodies are also larger). Spatial cognition is one of the few areas that are considered "females are not as good as men", but the latest research points out that this difference is largely shaped by cultural factors and can be overcome.
In other words, the more you rely on mental work, the smaller the difference between men and women. In the field of science and technology, it is the field that relies on mental work. Ada Lovelace, the first programmer in the world, is a woman. Li Feifei, the founder of the world's largest image recognition database (ImageNet), is also a woman.
New female label
Contempt for labels and value yourself.
Fortunately, after rounds of discussions in recent years, more and more women have gradually stepped out of traditional stereotypes and boldly pursue the career direction they love. There are also more and more girls choosing science and technology. Pan Yanyi, a senior test engineer at Tencent, said that his team has girls in product design, development, and testing posts, and the proportion of girls engaged in testing and product design is quite high. .
WeChat video expert researcher Gu Shenshen also said that only one of the four school intern offers sent out last year was a boy. "Especially in the field of video technology, many technical leaders in the industry are women. During academic conferences in the circle, everyone also jokingly said that in this field, women have the upper hand." she says.
When they step out of the industry and enter the society, they will still be regarded as a minority, called "female programmers" and "female technologists", and participate in specialized women's forums, although these titles are in many cases with goodwill and appreciation. , But they themselves do not want to hear.
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In the future, expect more women to enter the field of technology, break more records, and bring more possibilities.
I also look forward to that every woman will find her own light and heat.
"One day, we will no longer emphasize women in science and technology, or women, or even the International Women's Day on March 8, which is true equality between men and women.
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