6.3 Chapter 14: Summary and Reflection: How do you think race impacts your life? LA
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Define the difference between race and ethnicity. Given the history of racism in the united states, how do you think the culture regarding race and the social institutions that keep it alive has affected your life and your families’ life?
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Chapter 13: Gender Stratification
Society: The Basics
Chapter 10: Gender Stratification
Employment in occupations related to
STEMãience, technology, engineering, and
mathematicss projected to grow to more
than 9 million between 2012 and 2022.
Thatàan increase
of about 1 million
jobs over 2012
employment levels.
We know that
women hold 47%
of all jobs in the
workforce. But is
this true for jobs
in software
engineering and
mathematics?
Percentage of Jobs Held by Women
50%
45%
40%
35%
30%
25%
20%
15%
10%
5%
0%
47%
26%
18%
16%
10%
* Computer Science and Math
**In the tech workforce
In 207 major software
companies, women
make up, on average,
16% of the software
engineering team.
16%
84%
Women
Men
Women as a Percentage of CompanyàWorkforce
49%
50%
45%
47%
42%
37%
40%
35%
30%
30%
25%
21%
18%
20%
15%
15%
10%
10%
10%
5%
0%
Pandora
Yahoo!
Company’s Total Workforce
Yelp
Company’s Tech Workforce
f we¥ going to outinnovate and outeducate the rest of the
world, then we have to
open doors to everyone
[`and that means
clearing hurdles for
women and girls as they
navigate careers in
science, technology,
engineering and math.iscussion Questions
In what ways might parents, schools, colleges,
and tech companies address this lack of women
in technology jobs? Be specific about what you
think needs to be done.
What change in the patterns shown here do you
expect to see a decade from now? Why?
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