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Hi new here

taniya.pinkpower1986 - 3-11-2008 at 20:11

Hi,I am new here.I hope girls are allowed here!And please forgive me if my english seems a little incorrect to you all,but I will try my best to correct it.I Hope I will have a good time.:)

sparkgap - 3-11-2008 at 20:58

As I recall, there would now be at least three of you girls on this forum. Welcome! I hope you learn a lot reading through the other threads!

sparky (~_~)

Saerynide - 4-11-2008 at 01:58

Yay!! A fellow female home chemist :D Welcome to the forum!

Ps... wait... Three? Who's the other one? :o

DeAdFX - 4-11-2008 at 12:41

The other two reside at Sauron's....

jokull - 4-11-2008 at 13:34

Welcome!

However, in an statistical point of view, I wonder why girls are reluctant to get involved with science?

So girls, I hope you can explain that to me.

kclo4 - 4-11-2008 at 15:00

I don't think it is that they are reluctant, I think it has to do with their development and what not.
For instance, ASD (autism spectrum disorder, so things like Asperger syndrome) often leads people to have interests in science and math - For every 1 Female who has that, there are 5 males. Also IIRC levels of testosterone in the womb, if your left or right handed (Left handedness is also more common in men) and a bunch of other things like that matter.
I could go on and on about this subject, but I don't really feel like finding all the references and explaining the stuff. However, if you look into it, I bet you'll see where I am coming from.

The_Davster - 4-11-2008 at 18:42

Sparky
3 if we are thinking of the same girl, which I doubt we are, so 4 so far.

Odd numbers disparity though...

[Edited on 4-11-08 by The_Davster]

boxes - 4-11-2008 at 23:59

When I expressed interest in chemistry at a young age, my parents tried to get me into art.... or at the very least, a "harmless" science... like astronomy. I'm sure if I was a boy, they wouldn't have cared what I did.

Saerynide - 5-11-2008 at 17:12

Hmmm.... I think I've wanted to be a chemist when I was really little. Then I forgot about it til senior year in highschool. Now I'm a ChemE :D

I think my parents think my major is dangerous :P

So wait, theres 3 of us here on this thread... who's the last one? :D

sparkgap - 6-11-2008 at 06:14

@Davster:

Well poop, I may have miscounted, so five?

sparky (~_~)

devongrrl - 4-11-2009 at 01:05

There are more of us gals here than you realise, we just tend to lurk in the dark corners of the fume cupboard :P