According to the traditional belief, men are the bread winners while females are caregivers and responsible for taking care of the family. This belief, along with some old-fashioned views that boys are good at mathematics while females are not, is the predominate reason for many parents to encourage their sons to study in science while daughters to art-related subjects. I wholeheartedly believe that this trend should be changed.
To begin with, it is generally believed that boys are good at science-related subjects. This view is rooted so deep in our society that many females have already accepted it. This is more prevalent in developing countries where parents expect their sons to have a career while daughters become moderately educated and finally get married and have a family. Strangely, studying in science majors require more money in most of the countries and this is why parents naturally select their boys to study science. Females, on the other hand, need to take many responsibilities of the family even during their student life and prefer to have subjects that do not require a great deal of study, as they consider it.
Men and women have similar capacities and given an equal opportunity many women would excel in science related subjects. Great scientists like Marie Curie, Ada Lovelace, and Emilie du Chatelet have proved that women are no less than men when it comes to science. The heinous trend of gender discrimination even in education should be stopped. Good news is that women in many engineering and technology subjects are already occupying half of the seats in many prestigious universities. Thus the day is not far away when the social custom or emotional aversion of parents would accept that their daughters are just as talented as their sons are in any areas including science.
To conclude, women empowerment is quite an important factor for the overall development of a nation and that is why females should be given a fair chance to participate in any subjects including science majors in schools. This trend would bring more positive outcomes than restricting their fields of education and work.
According to the traditional belief,
men
are the bread winners while
females
are caregivers and responsible for taking care of the family. This belief, along with
some
old
-fashioned views that boys are
good
at mathematics while
females
are not, is the predominate reason for
many
parents
to encourage their sons to study in
science
while daughters to art-related
subjects
. I
wholeheartedly
believe that this trend should be
changed
.
To
begin
with, it is
generally
believed that boys are
good
at science-related
subjects
. This view
is rooted
so
deep in our society that
many
females
have already
accepted
it. This is more prevalent in
developing countries
where
parents
expect
their sons to have a career while daughters become
moderately
educated and
finally
get
married and have a family.
Strangely
, studying in
science
majors require more money in most of the countries and this is why
parents
naturally
select their boys to study
science
.
Females
,
on the other hand
, need to take
many
responsibilities of the family even during their student life and prefer to have
subjects
that do not require a great deal of study, as they consider it.
Men
and
women
have similar capacities and
given
an equal opportunity
many
women
would excel in
science
related
subjects
. Great scientists like Marie Curie, Ada Lovelace, and
Emilie
du
Chatelet
have proved that
women
are no less than
men
when it
comes
to
science
. The heinous trend of gender discrimination even in education should be
stopped
.
Good
news is that
women
in
many
engineering and technology
subjects
are already occupying half of the seats in
many
prestigious universities.
Thus
the day is not far away when the social custom or emotional aversion of
parents
would accept that their daughters are
just
as talented as their sons are in any areas including science.
To conclude
,
women
empowerment is quite an
important
factor for the
overall
development of a nation and
that is
why
females
should be
given
a
fair
chance to participate in any
subjects
including
science
majors in schools. This trend would bring more
positive
outcomes than restricting their fields of education and work.