Japan ranks lowest for ratio of women in nuclear workplace at 15%: OECD
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Thoughts?
No idea about the ins and outs of nuclear workplaces, but in research involving radiations, the rules seem pretty strict for female researchers and technicians, more than for males.
Maybe this is an unpopular opinion, but this doesn’t necessarily mean something is wrong. That should be determined by equality of opportunity, not by the actual ratio of men to women. If the fact just happened to be that Japanese women in general would rather do some other type of work than this, then more power to them.
Don’t mind me, I’m just here for the “but it’s safe to go outside at night as a woman in Japan so it’s all fine” comments.
EDIT: called it. “It’s just that people choose different careers”. Must be the same with doctors and management positions too I guess ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Probably because women in Japan don’t like nuclear workplaces.
But yeah, quickly hire whoever to improve the ratio! Progress!
STEM jobs need specialised skills. A student would have to decide pretty early on if they’re going to go down that path and there’s still a strong connection with gender roles and certain career paths. That all needs to be challenged really early while kids are still impressionable.
Theres a lot of talk right now about counter measures to battle societal expectations and foster more interest. For example: more education in these job sectors and their pathways (I didn’t have a clue what IT was when I was like 12). There’s workshops and events cropping up everywhere for coding, lab experiments, applied math etc. Theres even been awareness raised on the concept of recruiter “jargon” and whether the language used is considered intimidating or inclusive. I’m sure there’s plenty of skilled people out there but they aren’t applying.
The number is 60% in Norway interestingly.
Not sure this is news, this isn’t a recent thing.
I’m a hiring manager, and most of the applicants are male.
A lot of women in Japan want to be house wives. I don’t like their decision, but it’s theirs to make.