STEMinism

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Blend of STEM +‎ feminism.

Noun[edit]

STEMinism (uncountable)

  1. (neologism) The movement to improve the representation of women in STEM fields, and to remove professional, academic, and social barriers to women's advancement.
    • 2017 March 3, Jessica Jen, “STEMinism: a step for gender equality”, in The Smoke Signal, Mission San Jose High School, Fremont, CA, page 3:
      "STEMinism" is necessary in order to overcome the current stereotype that boys are more suited for careers in hard sciences.
    • 2019, Kristen Myers, Courtney Gallaher, Shannon McCarragher, “STEMinism”, in Journal of Gender Studies, volume 28, number 6:
      STEMinism places the onus on the individual student or scientist to succeed in STEM fields rather than interrogating and removing structural barriers to success.
    • 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:
      STEMinism campaigns are growing up but if these campaigns are promoted by only women the engagement will be more difficult [17-18].
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:STEMinism.

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