Meanings
- neologismuncountableThe movement to improve the representation of women in STEM fields, and to remove professional, academic, and social barriers to women's advancement.
"STEMinism" is necessary in order to overcome the current stereotype that boys are more suited for careers in hard sciences.
2017 March 3, Jessica Jen, “STEMinism: a step for gender equality”, in The Smoke Signal, Mission San Jose High School, Fremont, CA, page 32 more examples
STEMinism places the onus on the individual student or scientist to succeed in STEM fields rather than interrogating and removing structural barriers to success.
2019, Kristen Myers, Courtney Gallaher, Shannon McCarragher, “STEMinism”, in Journal of Gender Studies, volume 28, number 6STEMinism campaigns are growing up but if these campaigns are promoted by only women the engagement will be more difficult [17-18].
2020, Sofia Scataglini & Estela Perez Luque, "Closing the Gender Gap in DHM", in DHM2020: Proceedings of the 6th International Digital Human Modeling Symposium, August 31 - September 2, 2020 (eds.D. Högberg, E. Brolin, & L. Hanson), page 409
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