i asked this in my medicine sub, and the only response was from a man who was condescending yet unhelpful :(

i'm looking to make a bigger difference in healthcare on a policy level. there aren't enough women (or trans or NBs) in high earning/corporate leadership positions. has anyone done this and have advice? i don't want to start a business just want a new job or work pt in some way to get involved in progress. currently looking into non-profit board of directors positions. they're largely unpaid but i think it's the path to eventually getting into paid corporate BODs or c-suite positions. do you think i'm on track? other ideas/advice greatly appreciated.

sending love to this community - we are making the world a better place despite it being literally on fire

I'm a senior level dev and two of my colleagues (women) just came to me with an incident that in a larger context sounds like soft-sexism.

Yesterday they had a meeting with a few other people including their line-manager and a surprise on the spot ask for them to write documentation. Not do any of the technical bits, just assist in solving the issues and writing up documentation to be used as standard-operating-procedure.

This is in the context of both of them in the last year essentially by default handling on-boarding and then documentation writing for a new team with little recognition for it.

I discussed their experience, validated what they are going through, and talked through what I thought their potential options were and asked if there was anything else I could do to help.

What else can I do here?

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Hi! I’m a 27F, who graduated 3 years ago with a degree in Biology. I concentrated my studies in Marine Science and got a minor in Chemistry. I currently have no professional job experience, I have a few months as a substitute teacher and I work now as a waitress. I apply to about 20-25 jobs a week. I just had my 5th interview in the past month a few days ago, but I never get chosen bc of my lack of experience. (Mostly lab technician jobs for refineries or chemical manufacturing.)

I wanted to go into Marine Biology work, but that seems difficult to get into in my current living situation (very small town, no marine biology jobs).

I’m trying to figure out what certificates or classes I could look into to help elevate my resume a bit. I’ve been trying to find inexpensive OSHA courses or maybe even get my TWIC card?

Does anyone have a similar situation or any suggestions of jobs or certifications I should look into? Or how to get professional experience?

Thank you. :)

Hey everyone!

I’m a former Engineering Geologist who spent 20 years in the geotech field, and I’m doing some research on the experiences of women in STEM and other male-dominated fields, especially after having kids. I know firsthand how tough it can be, and I’ve seen too many talented women leave these fields feeling unsupported or burned out.

I'm not looking to place blame—just trying to figure out how we can better support each other and thrive in these roles. Whether it's finding your voice, stepping into leadership, setting boundaries, or just avoiding burnout, I want to hear your stories.

If you’re a woman in STEM (or know someone who is) and have a few minutes to share your experience through a quick survey, I’d love to hear from you! Let’s help each other keep pushing forward. 💪

If you don't have time for the survey, even a reply with what your experience is will be very helpful.

Thanks so much!

https://forms.gle/Z7gMqHvsWsqk3vv5A

Posting from an anonymous account for privacy.

I (21 female) recently started as an AI Research intern, just two weeks ago. My team consists of one manager, one male engineer, and three other interns— all male—who began their work a month before me. I started late due to HR issues, and now I'm supposed to work closely with one of the male interns who shares the same cultural background as me.

To clarify, I’m not generalizing, but I’ve noticed that men from my culture can often be toxic in both professional and personal settings. Unfortunately, my collaborator is no exception. Here’s what I’ve encountered so far:

1. Insensitive Remarks:He made fun of me for carrying pepper spray, even though we’re in a city with a high crime rate.
2. Undermining My Experience:When I shared a personal safety concern, he dismissed it by saying, “It happens to young men too,” completely disregarding the specific challenges women face.
3. Disrespecting My Time:He’s been late to every single one of our 1:1 meetings, showing zero respect for my time.
4. Misleading and Misguiding: He’s given me incorrect information multiple times, which has caused setbacks in my work.
5. Lies and Manipulation: He lies about his contributions during meetings with our manager, taking credit for work he hasn’t done.
6. Talking Over Me: He constantly interrupts and talks over me in meetings, making it difficult for me to contribute.
7. Stealing My Ideas: He asks questions in meetings that I’ve already discussed with him in private, as if they were his original thoughts.
8. Inappropriate “Jokes”:When I mentioned I was attending a baking workshop, he joked that I might poison everyone and eliminate the competition. I believe collaboration should never be seen as a competition, but he seems to think otherwise.
9. Incompetence:His coding practices are awful—he crammed 710 lines of code into a single Jupyter notebook cell with no encapsulation, classes, or debugging capabilities. It’s clear he used ChatGPT to generate most of it.
10. Two-Faced Behavior:He behaves differently when our manager is around, pretending to be competent and cooperative, but reverts to being passive-aggressive when it’s just us.
11. Undermining My Work:Whenever I ask him for help, he either gives vague answers or promises to explain later but never follows through.

There’s a lot more to my toxic collaborator than I initially mentioned. Unfortunately, this isn’t my first time dealing with a difficult coworker, but this guy goes beyond being just a crap—his intentions are downright malicious, and he’s far from a decent collaborator. The biggest issue is that my work depends on building on top of his code, which is so unstable that it’s nearly impossible to do my job effectively. My manager isn’t helpful either; he even joked that the only reason my collaborator was hired is that they’re from the same city/state, which is incredibly frustrating.

I need this internship to turn into a return offer, but I’m at a loss for how to deal with this situation. It feels like I’m being excluded from conversations and set up to fail. In the corporate world, it seems like you’re rewarded more for appearing busy than for the substance of your work.

How can I navigate this toxic human and ensure I can still succeed in this internship? Any advice would be appreciated.

Hello!

My name is Hannah Grubbs and on behalf of my PI, Dr. Jieun Lee, I am inviting female scientists to participate in a research study. I am a third-year PhD student at the University of Oregon and Jieun is a postdoctoral scholar at the University of Missouri. We are interested in learning about how scientists develop collaborative networks for their ultimate success in developing new technology.

We would like to invite you or someone else in innovation to take part in a voluntary 30 to 40 minute video chat about your perspectives regarding your experiences as a female scientist. Participation is both voluntary and confidential. Furthermore, we will not share anyone’s contact information and any information obtained through a conference call will be de-identified and held in strictest confidence. Our study is within the context of the United States, so participants should be from this geographic area.

If you have questions, please reach out directly to us: jieun.lee@mail.missouri.edu or hgrubbs@uoregon.edu

If you—or someone at your company—are interested in participating in our study, please contact us to schedule a meeting. At the meeting time you select, please use the Zoom number provided in the confirmation email to join us for the conference call. We look forward to hearing from you.

If you have questions about your rights as a research participant, please contact the University of Missouri Institutional Review Board (IRB) at 573-882-3181 or muresearchirb@missouri.edu. The IRB is a group of people who review research studies to make sure the rights and welfare of participants are protected.

Thank you,

Jieun Lee, PhD & Hannah Grubbs, PhD Candidate

Hi everyone, using throwaway account to write this, I'm a junior software engineer. I just started in this team for 7 months.

There is another lady, same age and title who joined the same day. I have slightly more experiences than her. I thought we could be friends or at least equal, since women are already rare and discriminated in STEM.

After a week I joined, she has already said my hobbies as boring, me going to the gym is pretentious, my dad loving STEM is nerdy, say I may have adhd because of a caffaine rush. All is done in front of the team.

She doesn't do person attacks anymore, but still jump in to nitpick on my works, ignore my pull request reviews, desperate to treat me like a graduate engineer when new graduates joined.

Recently she makes a big deal about a prod incident I caused, but failures of the same severity made by other devs will never be classified as one.

Has anyone encountered this before? What should I do?

Hello!

My name is Jieun Lee, and along with my co-author, Hannah Grubbs, we are inviting female scientists (working in the US) to participate in a research study. I am a postdoctoral scholar studying Business Management at the University of Missouri, and Hannah is a third-year PhD student at the University of Oregon. We are interested in learning about how scientists develop collaborative networks for their ultimate success in developing new technology.

We would like to invite you or someone else in innovation to take part in a voluntary 30 to 40 minute video chat about your perspectives regarding your experiences as a female scientist. Participation is both voluntary and confidential. Furthermore, we will not share anyone’s contact information and any information obtained through a conference call will be de-identified and held in strictest confidence.

If you have questions, please reach out directly to us: jieun.lee@mail.missouri.edu or hgrubbs@uoregon.edu

If you—or someone at your company—are interested in participating in our study, please contact us to schedule a meeting. At the meeting time you select, please use the Zoom number provided in the confirmation email to join us for the conference call. We look forward to hearing from you.

If you have questions about your rights as a research participant, please contact the University of Missouri Institutional Review Board (IRB) at 573-882-3181 or muresearchirb@missouri.edu. The IRB is a group of people who review research studies to make sure the rights and welfare of participants are protected.

Thank you!

Jieun Lee, PhD & Hannah Grubbs, PhD Candidate

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Hello!

My name is Hannah Grubbs and on behalf of my PI, Dr. Jieun Lee, I am inviting female scientists to participate in a research study. I am a third-year PhD student at the University of Oregon and Jieun is a postdoctoral scholar at the University of Missouri. We are interested in learning about how scientists develop collaborative networks for their ultimate success in developing new technology.

We would like to invite you or someone else in innovation to take part in a voluntary 30 to 40 minute video chat about your perspectives regarding your experiences as a female scientist. Participation is both voluntary and confidential. Furthermore, we will not share anyone’s contact information and any information obtained through a conference call will be de-identified and held in strictest confidence.

If you have questions, please reach out directly to us: jieun.lee@mail.missouri.edu or hgrubbs@uoregon.edu

If you—or someone at your company—are interested in participating in our study, please contact us to schedule a meeting. At the meeting time you select, please use the Zoom number provided in the confirmation email to join us for the conference call. We look forward to hearing from you.

If you have questions about your rights as a research participant, please contact the University of Missouri Institutional Review Board (IRB) at 573-882-3181 or muresearchirb@missouri.edu. The IRB is a group of people who review research studies to make sure the rights and welfare of participants are protected.

Thank you,

Jieun Lee, PhD & Hannah Grubbs, PhD Candidate

Hi all!

For anyone here in the new york area looking to get their kids into STEM through creative means, I recommend you check out Daley Smith Stem (a STEM program for kids and teens). Their organization's vision is to expose 500,000 students in grades K-12 to Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) related fields to increase the number of minorities in STEM by exposing students to quality fun unconventional STEM and music programs that ensure exposure to innovation, and successful careers. The founder of Daley, Joanna Smith, is a woman herself and would love to get more women interested in STEM, just as she is. Please check the organization out at Daleysmithinc.com!

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I'm a prof and am teaching genetics. Read some of Eighth Day of Creation in class and learned about Alice Audureau, who taught nobel prize winner Jacques Monod how to do some basic bacteria genetics and worked with him on some stuff that led to his nobel. She seems dope! We want to learn more about her but can't anything beyond the fact that she was a graduate student in France in the mid 20th century. Anyone here know where we can find more?

Hey everyone! I’m currently conducting a research survey aimed to explore key trends and disparities regarding underrepresentation of women in STEM. If you are a female-identifying college student majoring in STEM, it would mean so much! It should really take no more than a few minutes! https://forms.gle/fWf6YpyRZPoNey67A

Interested in CS? Looking for a leadership opportunity? If so, consider joining Kurius, a student-run nonprofit that teaches programming to students of all backgrounds and abilities.

Kurius is an organization dedicated to empowering students with the knowledge needed to create innovative technology and transform their ideas into reality. We believe that technology has the potential to solve the most pressing challenges of our society, and we want to inspire the next generation of changemakers to make a difference in the world. Through our free programming resources, events, and workshops, we provide a platform for students to learn, grow, and tackle real-world problems.

Kurius is hosting a hackathon over the March break, and to make this happen, we’re looking for some talented and motivated high school students to join our executive team and take on various roles, such as Marketing Director, Marketing Coordinator, Events Director, Event Coordinator, Outreach Coordinator, and Sponsorship & Partnership Coordinator.

This is an incredible opportunity to gain leadership experience, collaborate with a team of awesome students, and develop your skills.

If you’re interested, please fill out a form here, and we will get back to you within a week: https://linktr.ee/kurius

If you have any questions, feel free to message me or email us at info@kurius.ca. You can join our Discord community here: https://discord.gg/KY6DvuRf5A

To learn more about Kurius and what we do, check out our website: https://www.kurius.ca/

Hi! I hope this is ok to post, I didn’t find any rules about what is ok to post and not.

I will soon get a border collie puppy, either black or brown tricolour. The picture is AI generated, as the puppies are not born yet.

As a woman in stem I am looking for a stem-related name for the puppy, but struggle to find something I love. She is going to be a sporting dog, and our aim is to be in the very top of our sport, so I would like something that signify power, precision, speed or those kinds of attributes. One example of a name I like is Gamma, but I don’t love it 🤔

I am in software engineering, specifically security and privacy, but also love astronomy, natural sciences, maths, etc, so feel free to suggest any name you find appropriate.

Thank you in advance!

Hi, I'm doing a project for school and was looking for women in STEM jobs/studying to fill in a survey on misogyny and sexual harassment in their jobs/school.

Here's the link: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=hEM771X35U-jKsoyUJPNLGtNk8klRMFEtyEgp-af1Z1UNzE5Q0pLMUNWRDlLQVA2NkxOODlIU0MxSy4u

i got my first job 2 years ago as a SWE at a startup making 92k/year. it's more than I ever dreamed of, it's my first job out of college, and I'm a first-generation immigrant with absolutely no clue how to manage money. i always felt like a financial burden to my family and I'm constantly afraid I will suddenly lose it all to an emergency or something. looking for support or any resources on this topic because it's my biggest source of stress and idk where to start.

Hi everyone, my school hosts the annual WECode conference which is the largest student-run women in tech conference in the world! Wanted to share some information about it for any women/nonbinary students interested in attending, especially if you're engineering/CS! They have virtual and in-person options available. At WECode you can hear from inspiring women leaders, and network with recruiters from companies like Citadel, Palantir, Google, HRT, SIG, Boston Tech Startups, Formlabs, Fidelity Investments, etc.

Harvard WECode (Women Engineers Code) is an annual in-person conference held at Harvard University on February 17-18, 2024 for undergraduate women & non-binary students in tech. Last year, WECode hosted around 1000 students worldwide to partake in career fairs, workshops, mock interviews, and keynotes.

✨PURCHASE YOUR TICKET HERE! ✨

The “Matilda Effect” is when achievements of women in various fields (particularly science) are overlooked, attributed to men, or not given proper recognition.

Do any of you have stories of your own of this kind of thing happening in your own life?

I’ve recently heard a woman in STEM say that the experience of men taking credit for women’s discoveries is laughably common, as well as just general sexism and gender bias. How have you found this to be true?

My research team at Michigan State University is looking for women undergraduates majoring in STEM fields. Participants will earn a $25 e-giftcard.

Note: You must sign up using your university assigned email.

https://msu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_e979kAmfxEiS4p8

Please share with your networks!

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Hi there! I’m Calais and I'm on the Business team at Correlation One. We are a NYC-based startup that hosts data science and engineering competitions for STEM students at leading universities.

This February 9th-11th, we’re hosting an in-person Women's Datathon in partnership with Citadel and Citadel Securities. Check it out here! It’s a data science competition open to all undergraduates who identify as women, and are pursuing a degree in STEM. The focus of this event is creating an atmosphere where Women in STEM can connect with one another and build a professional community while gaining hands-on data science experience.

Invited students will be flown out to Miami in an all-expense-paid trip for the two-day long event!

Given this page’s focus on uplifting Women in STEM, I thought that some of you may be interested. For full details and to apply, you can use the following link. We also have a series of regional Spring Events that will be open to all undergraduate and graduate students, found here. Send me a PM if you have any questions!

Hi everyone! I am a high school student writing a research paper on women's changing experiences in PhD programs throughout the years. If you fit the criteria please take this anonymus survey! If not please share it with somebody that can take it. Thank You!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdKzmWzlaH7mQi0Vo9IftU8-8TjzgyMzoJNpY5zmuF9wO-dQA/viewform?usp=sf_link

Hi all,

I’m a 22 year old senior undergraduate college student who has joined a research lab this semester. I plan to go on to get my PhD in something microbiology/immunology related and study bacterial diseases and how to treat them. I am extremely passionate about what my lab works on and the overarching goal. I enjoy doing lab work and practicing different techniques. I’m new to the research setting but am learning.

The issue? I feel like I’m not allowed to learn. I feel like I need to know everything already and be perfect or else I get berated. I missed 3 words on a protocol telling me to move my mixture to a 1.5mL tube and I get berated. I find out everything I did in the span of a week had something wrong about it and I feel absolutely defeated. I meet with the professor over the lab (who is a man, but idk how relevant that is) and am told where I went wrong and what I need to do next. That’s not the issue, I appreciate the help and advice, but it’s what wasn’t said. After he helped me I said “I feel like an idiot.” And he didn’t comment on that. He didn’t say anything like “you’re still learning” but just kept going. If I were in his shoes and a student told me they felt like an idiot, I would make sure to tell them that they aren’t and help them.

I don’t feel like I belong there. I keep messing things up. Today I accidentally broke a flask and felt like crying and quitting. My gel electrophoresis didn’t work at all. I wanna go home and curl in bed and pretend the world doesn’t exist. But it does and I have to go back on Monday.

Those who have been in this position before, how do you get through it? How do you regain confidence in yourself after everything seemingly goes wrong?

Hey everyone! I’m currently conducting a research survey aimed to explore key trends and disparities regarding underrepresentation of women in STEM. If you are a female-identifying college student majoring in STEM, it would mean so much! It should really take no more than a few minutes! https://forms.gle/RhF5LcQkuVL7aRyJ8

My name is Kirstin Sylvester, and I am a Counseling Psychology Ph.D. Candidate at Oklahoma State University. I am conducting dissertation research to explore the experiences of Black women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) related undergraduate, graduate, or professional STEM majors/programs. These related areas include agricultural sciences, biological sciences, computer science, engineering, mathematics, physics, and social and behavioral sciences (i.e., psychology, sociology, political science, and economics). For the purposes of this study, Black refers to persons of African descent. Participation in this study may inform colleges and universities of the nuanced experience of Black women in STEM majors/programs and how this knowledge can be utilized to improve future experiences of Black women in STEM. This study has been approved by the Oklahoma State University Institutional Review Board (IRB).

If you are: (1) at least 18 years old, (2) identify as a Black woman, and (3) are currently enrolled or recently completed (within 2 years) a STEM undergraduate, graduate, or professional degree at a predominately white insitution in the United States, you are invited to complete a 30-minute survey. Participation in this study is strictly voluntary and you may refuse to participate or may discontinue participation, at any time without penalty.

Participants have the chance to win 1 of 10 $25 Amazon Gift Cards. At the end of the survey, a link will be provided that will route participants to a separate survey to list their email address and be entered into a drawing. The information in the surveys will not be able to be matched and your responses will remain anonymous if you choose to enter the drawing. Gift cards will be distributed via email after all data for the study has been collected.

If you are interested in participating in this study, please complete the survey at the following link: https://okstateches.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6u6VYnJ7yGO8MEC.

Thank you for your time and consideration of participating in this study!

I got fired last month due to what my employer described as a a lack of proper time/money needed to train me. For some insight they hired me a month before releasing a new project and I didn't feel at all like I got training for anything. Having been in management for some years I did what I could however, I would ask for my bosses opinion on projects that I was working on and wouldn't receive feedback for them... ever. So I turned in everything on time although, I was unhappy with it because I never received feedback. There were also several times that fellow employees referred to upper corporate as "the good ol' boys club" and working with this company certainly felt like that ( I am a 28 year old female). I often worried about speaking up in specific meetings and I wonder if this impacted my stance in the workplace. I was already feeling frustrated in my career and feeling like I wasn't happy with the results of my work. I worked in corporate sustainability and mostly it would let me down because none of it is for the genuine improvement of sustainability it's all about "making it look sustainable" and driving profit. I really enjoyed working with people and traveling but other than that I felt like my job was burdensome. I remember telling my husband right before my last meeting (where I got fired) that I was considering only staying with the company for a year and then would decide somewhere else to work but, that changed quickly following the meeting. While I feel very upset that I got fired, because I really had no idea that I would be, I am trying to find a bright side. I feel very lost in my career and wonder if it's time for a new career path. Is this the norm? If anyone has some advice for me I would love some.