Asian American women in STEM majors=feminism?

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Haowen Wong

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Strictly speaking, feminism means equal rights for men and women, NOT aggressive women trying to subvert society. So feminism could just be encouraging women to adopt male gender roles/ venture into male-dominated professions.

Well known it is that STEM majors are male-dominated. Well known it is that STEM careers have a disproportionate amount of Asian-Americans. But lesser-known it is that among the Asian community, both men AND women students are urged with equal pressure to major in STEM.

Of course Asians have become the model minority because they correctly associate STEM education with a successful, highly profitable career. In "sexist" Japan, Korea, and Taiwan (but not so much in Mainland China, with its Marxist-feminism), the glass ceiling is even lower than in America.

But once the Japanese, Koreans, and Taiwanese arrive in America, they pressure their daughters just as much as their sons to pursue high-paying STEM careers. Of course, you might argue that this is only practical for single women in uber-expensive SoCal. But what about married women married to, say, an engineer husband? One six-figure income is still plenty in SoCal.


 
When I was at the big 4 I worked with some folks from the Japanese group several times and they would mention how in Tokyo the women had to wear a uniform. Not a suit, a uniform. Best country in the world baby , the US, with Mexico a close second :-)
 
qwerty said:
When I was at the big 4 I worked with some folks from the Japanese group several times and they would mention how in Tokyo the women had to wear a uniform. Not a suit, a uniform. Best country in the world baby , the US, with Mexico a close second :-)
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Japan isn't the best indicator of feminism in Asia.  Just look at their Anime and how women are treated.  Not that Anime is the best representation of Japan ... But that's a whole other topic.

It's better to look at more modern Asian countries like Singapore, Hong Kong, and Taiwan ... Especially in the cities.  I would even add Shanghai into the mix.  The more an Asian country has been exposed to Western society and philosophy the more women have career opportunities in STEM.
 
ZeroLot said:
qwerty said:
When I was at the big 4 I worked with some folks from the Japanese group several times and they would mention how in Tokyo the women had to wear a uniform. Not a suit, a uniform. Best country in the world baby , the US, with Mexico a close second :-)
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It's better to look at more modern Asian countries like Singapore, Hong Kong, and Taiwan ... Especially in the cities.  I would even add Shanghai into the mix.  The more an Asian country has been exposed to Western society and philosophy the more women have career opportunities in STEM.
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But if females in STEM is Westernization, then why is it that among white STEM workers, men still vastly outnumber women?
 
Well, actually Japan's "sexism" is quite strong in Korea and among Taiwan's ???. Most Asians in Irvine come from one of these three countries.

So why aren't they holding on to the "sexism" of their homelands and actually turning feminist in promoting STEM among their daughters? Even more so than their white American counterparts? Asians trying to "out-westernize" the westerners? This would be understandable for immigrants from Mainland China (due to the radical feminism of the Cultural Revolution) and in uber-Anglicized Hong Kong, but not for Asians from anywhere else.
 
Haowen Wong said:
Well, actually Japan's "sexism" is quite strong in Korea and among Taiwan's ???. Most Asians in Irvine come from one of these three countries.
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I can definitely concur with this statement.  Especially the Taiwan's ???.
 
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