Is meteorology Sexist industry?

[meebo]

We inhabit world where men make so much more than women but seems the meteorology industry is one of the worst of all. Where are the women hurricane forecasters!!? Meteorology industry seems even worse than the lack of women in the senate! Only man hurricane forecasters and you never hear of them saying about how they wish there were more woman forecasters. Maybe they are rude and like that way!

**MOVED FROM TALKING TROPICS FORUM** - Stephanie

[petit_bois]

We inhabit world where men make so much more than women but seems the meteorology industry is one of the worst of all. Where are the women hurricane forecasters!!? Meteorology industry seems even worse than the lack of women in the senate! Only man hurricane forecasters and you never hear of them saying about how they wish there were more woman forecasters. Maybe they are rude and like that way!

It's just that men are just better at math... as a general rule

[solomon25]

lol

[HURAKAN]

It's just that men are just better at math... as a general rule

my creator forgot that gene!!!!

Calculus hater here!!!!

[thetruesms]

We inhabit world where men make so much more than women but seems the meteorology industry is one of the worst of all. Where are the women hurricane forecasters!!? Meteorology industry seems even worse than the lack of women in the senate! Only man hurricane forecasters and you never hear of them saying about how they wish there were more woman forecasters. Maybe they are rude and like that way!

Maybe it's just because I'm so close to my college days still, but I would have killed to have a lot more women in my classes But you see this in many science and technology fields because for whatever reason, young girls are told that math and science are icky. When you kill off any interest in a field while they're still young, there's no chance to develop that passion to sustain you through the education, and women end up being very under-represented. I've noticed between me entering school and leaving it that the number of women increased noticeably, and with the efforts to help encourage girls to participate in math and science, I hope that we'll see more women in meteorology. I'm afraid it will probably take quite a bit of time, though.

[HURAKAN]

In my case, my passion for hurricanes started in 7th grade. Now I know that the math is way over my head but there's no turning back!!

[Macrocane]

It's not sexist, it's just because women and men have different interests although there are exceptions, for example I study chemical engineering and I have like 30 male classmates and 10 female, there are other careers like communications have more women.

[michthalbert]

The media companies are probably not hiring as many qualified woman as men. There are plenty of women with math skills better than most men.

[aerology]

While I was visiting MIT's building 54 back in the early 90's, I happened to get on the elevator going down at the end of the day with three female aspiring PHD students. I made the comment that the professors I talked to were very close minded about looking at my ideas, as I was an outsider, if they did no directly support their pet theory / model program.

The let out a lot of hot air and noise about the sexist attitudes of most of the staff, "the only future a woman had in meteorology, was if she could be both cute, and sharp, in front of a TV camera." They all were of out standing caliber as far as their grasp of the basic studies, grades, and choice of PHD subjects (which I had been talking to the Prof about how the bulk of their work total was looking for grants, and matching them to "the most promising students."

Mostly they supervised the PHD seniors who then turned around and tutored the lower year PHD students, it was a rare male student or cute gal, that got any attention before submitting their thesis. A couple of the girls were hot about the slow or missing selection of several of the bright females, "who obviously had it all over and above some of the ass kissing male ones."

But what do I know I only discussed it with them for most of the afternoon 20+ years ago.

[abajan]

Meebo, have you not noticed how muscular cumulonimbus clouds look? Not to mention how manly thunder sounds! It’s the weather itself that’s sexist not the study of it.

[Aslkahuna]

From what I've heard over the recent years, there is a tremendous amount of sexism in the Physical Sciences in the schools-especially at the graduate level-not only among the Professors but also male students. From what I've heard about the Physics Department at the University of Arizona, it's a wonder that they haven't been sued in Federal Court. OTOH there are a lot of women in the Meteorology branches of the Armed Forces.

Steve

[profitgs]

It's not sexist, it's just because women and men have different interests although there are exceptions, for example I study chemical engineering and I have like 30 male classmates and 10 female, there are other careers like communications have more women.

yes i agree with it.

[lrak]

IMO no.