Recently, girls across the United States applied for WISH, a program run by NASA which was offered to junior girls who hoped to pursue careers in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math, a field in which women are a scathing minority.
However, today an email from NASA to the applicants canceled the program as a result of complaints from male high school students who demanded to participate as well. There is nothing wrong with men and women working together to create innovations and better the world, but with men holding 76% of the jobs in STEM and the stigma surrounding women in science, programs to specifically encourage female participation are essential.
Please join in combating this discouraging act against women in the STEM field by reminding NASA what WISH was really about.
I have several friends who have participated in this program, and it was an amazing experience for all of them. One is currently majoring in Engineering, and the other is majoring in Biology and Flute Performance. If I had known about this program when I was eligible, I would have loved to participate. It would have helped me immensely.
You’ve probably seen me posting about how isolated I feel in my male-dominated physics and math classes. If you care about changing that to help the future women interested in STEM fields, please sign this petition.
Sign it!
SIGNAL FUCKING BOOST. FUCK THOSE GUYS.
My mods and I have blogged, reblogged, accepted submissions, and responded to the hate that Jane Foster gets (and how there are fewer fics written for her). We defend her because she’s fictional and even a fictional female scientist has a hard time with rampant sexism in fandom. But this is a REAL PROGRAM THAT MALE HIGHSCHOOLERS SHUT DOWN. This misogyny has got to stop please sign and signal boost this petition.
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