Julian McCarthy Mr.
Ippolito
Honors Chemistry March 9, 2015
Citation: Guardian News and Media.
"Science: Where Are the Women?" Guardian News Paper. N.p.,
2015. Web. 9 Mar. 2015.
The article Science: Where are the women? discusses the lack of women present in science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics. It also provides a video explaining why there aren’t as many
female scientists. International Women’s day takes place on March 8, and it is
used as an opportunity to reflect on the progress women have made in society.
However, women still face challenges in the varying scientific fields. The
article describes how globally women have less access to an education, and that
science is a traditionally male dominated profession. It focuses on the
stereotype that men are more inclined to be scientists then women. The article
provided a video, which offered a solution to the problem. The solution was for
society to be more open-minded to women scientists, and to recognize all the
great women scientists. This will encourage more women to believe that a
scientific career is very possible.
I believe that this article is very
relevant to society. It is very important that everyone has equal rights and
opportunity. It isn’t right for women to not feel like science is career option
for them. This is not only causing them to miss out on their passion, but also
depriving society of all the great things they could accomplish in their
careers. More importantly, everyone should be able to follow his or her passion
regardless of sex, race, or religion. If science is study just dominated by men
then science as a whole is missing out.
Overall the article informed me of
various things. The first thing that the article taught me was that there is a
lack of women in the field of science. The article went on to question why this
was, and what the possible solutions are? However, they did this through a
video instead of actual text. In a way it made the article more appealing
because it wasn’t just a typical article. It had both a visual element and a
written part, which made it easier to read and more interesting. I really
enjoyed how the article offered a solution to the problem. This means that
there is a solution to the problem, and that together we can all make a change.
Overall I really enjoyed the article and it gave me an opportunity to learn
more about women and science.
Guardian News and Media. "Science: Where Are the Women?" Guardian News Paper. N.p., 2015. Web. 9 Mar. 2015.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading Julian's article I felt that he did a tremendous job expressing the information, and getting the purpose of the article across. Julian created a well-developed and strong argument, and provided a lot of support from the article. He also provided a lot of description about the article; formatting, visualization, purpose etc. The way he presented the information, made me fully support the article, and intrigued me to learning more about the issue at hand. I thought it was interesting he included the date of International Women’s Day, because it definitely went well with the review, and summary of the article. Including the fact that science is a male dominated field really opened my eyes, because up until this point I had no idea that was true, let alone something known about the field.
I feel that Julian could have added more information, and argument to how the author could have improved this article. If done, we as readers would have been given a better understanding on his stand of this article, and what he thought about it. I also felt that he could have described the video aspect of his article more. I think it was very helpful that he had included that there was a video/ that he watched it, but I wish he had described the information in it further.
Up until this point I was completely un aware that this was a situation going on in the vast world of science. This critique really caught my eye, and after reading it I was stunned as to what I had just learned. I hope that more articles like this are published, because they really show how diversity in fields of work are still being male dominated and that women are still struggling to stand out. In conclusion I felt that Julian did an amazing job with his critique and developed his opinion in a well-developed and sophisticated manor, that made you want to read more.
On the article "Science: Where are the women?", I think Julian's review was excellent. I like the way that the article played into a ongoing societal problem, which seems to never end. I that the science example was a good one to show the gender inequality that is unfortunately still prevalent in modern society. I liked the way that he analyzed the article. facts were included to support his argument that weren't necessarily directly related to the article, but were related to women's rights and they helped to further my understanding of this problem. I think that some of the questions that he raised towards the end were also very insightful and a good way to really think about this issue. Despite all of his successes, I think that (If they were available) he should have discussed maybe some of the contributors to this article, such as scientists or women's rights activists to help us see the outside opinions. I think that he also could have maybe described the background of the article a little bit more, maybe adding what fields are especially low on women. I learned from this article that national women's day just recently passed, and sadly enough, I was could not have participated in it, which being a girl, is kind of upsetting. Overall, Julian's review was very thorough and helpful.
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Julian did an excellent job in writing his current event report on the article “Science: Where Are the Women?” He did an amazing job in summarizing the main points of the article and emphasizing the most important details. I strongly agree with his argument on the importance of this article to society because I too believe that everyone should have an equal opportunity to become a scientist, regardless of their gender. The last thing that I enjoyed about the report was that even though the article was short, Julian watched the attached video and acknowledged the fact that it was unfortunate that the information was not in text but that it included valuable knowledge. This article could have been made better if Julian had included some examples of the women who struggled to be recognized as scientists from the video and if he conducted some outside research on the history of International Women’s Day and women’s struggles to become scientists. One thing that impressed me about this article and its report is that is included a solution to the problem because most articles simply state the issue and summarize it. The fact that a solution is provided wraps up the report nicely and could possibly lead to other advances or articles.