COVID accelerated the growth of online gaming, as lockdown kept people at home and limited to socially-distanced diversions. But harassment and hate, fueled by sexism and small-mindedness, lurk in the dark corners of the enterprise. Girls and women can pay an extra, cruel price for just wanting to play, and it’s clearly something we should be committing to make right.
Read MoreLeft Out by Design, or How the STEM Gender Gap Leads to Lousy Products
Too few women participating on design teams leads to too many products that work for only half the population. From seat belts to medicine to protective clothing, goods meant for general use have long been designed with just men in mind. Closing the STEM gender gap can help remedy this kind of design failure.
Read MoreArab Women Make a Charge into Engineering
U.S women continue to stay away from engineering in droves. Arab women are flocking to the field in ever-greater numbers. What can we learn from the Middle East about closing the gender gap in engineering?
Read MoreIs Engineering Outreach to Girls Even Okay?
Engineering can be rough on women. But girls are a major focus of engineering outreach. Should we even be encouraging girls to consider the field?
Read MoreRound-up: 15 STEM Stories, from Chinese Hackers to London Mums
Achievement in STEM doesn't always signify on the street, plus stories ranging from Chinese hackers to London mums to liberal arts grads going coding.
Read MoreWas Gender Bias in Science All Just a Dream?
Gender bias in science, now you see it, now you don't. Can so many people actually be wrong about it?
Read MoreRound-up: Women Making Their Way in Engineering
A reading round-up of articles about women in engineering and technology, from hijab-wearing app developers to the top cities for women in tech to Vivek Wadhwa's regrettable withdrawal from the debates over women in technology.
Read MoreWeigh in on "Academic Science Isn't Sexist"
Can "Academic Science Isn't Sexist" be right? Tell us what you think on our survey and see the results.
Read MoreAda Lovelace and Satya Nadella, Sittin' in a Tree ...
Satya Nadella tells women not to ask for raises, says trust the "system." Then takes it all back. Ada Lovelace chuckles knowingly. Could any moment more perfectly capture the current, fraught complexity of women's place in the world of computing?
Read MoreThe Problem with the "Pipeline"
Pipelines are dank, dark, generally inhospitable places. As a dominant image and mindset in engineering outreach about bringing girls into engineering, "pipeline" does the field no favors. But new approaches people are using to draw more women into engineering are paying off.
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