“Physics isn’t something that girls tend to fancy. They don’t want to do it. They don’t like it… There’s a lot of hard maths in there that they don’t want to do.” 🤦🏻♀️ @Miss_Snuffy, UK Government Social Mobility Commission Chair #WomenInSTEM
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“We’re certainly not out there campaigning for more girls to do physics. I wouldn’t do that, and I don’t want to do that, because I don’t mind that girls make up only 16% of students taking the subject.”
Great choice for social mobility, @GOVUK. Please watch the select committee recording @DrJessicaHamer @rowsonjessica @charlesmtracy @rhys_raeng
Thanks to @TheLabAndField for the heads up on this catastrophic @CommonsSTC meeting. Watch it for yourself from approx 10:20. parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/f1…
Holly molly, @i_jayas is on now! I am so angry I’m not sure I would know how to speak. I think flames would come out of my mouth. 🔥
Lol. Literally no one took what you said out of context. When you were challenged on your outdated opinions you doubled down on the stereotypes and said you didn’t care.
… and, btw, 16% of your A-Level physics cohort being women is a *long* way off ‘exact gender balance’.
… and, btw, 16% of your A-Level physics cohort being women is a *long* way off ‘exact gender balance’.
Pro-tip: guess less. Read and research more 👍 iop.org/what-were-doin…
You start speaking at 10:13, stating it is difficult for schools around the country to find ‘excellent’ science + maths teachers, then talk about teacher training +discipline. You start on ‘girls at [your] school’ @ 10:20:55 then say girls don’t ‘tend’ to like physics @ 10:21:46.
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