• Question: Do you think there is a stereotype that all engineers are male?

    Asked by abigail311 to Rory, Roma, Mark, Cathy on 16 Jun 2014. This question was also asked by ellsworth.
    • Photo: Roma Agrawal

      Roma Agrawal answered on 16 Jun 2014:

      Yes there is, its WRONG and we’re working to prove that!
      We do need more girls in engineering though so if you’re interested- go for it!

    • Photo: Rory Hadden

      Rory Hadden answered on 16 Jun 2014:

      Absolutely. It is sad because this does not reflect the modern engineer, or the engineering profession at all! There is so much diversity!!

      Rory

    • Photo: Cathy Fraser

      Cathy Fraser answered on 16 Jun 2014:

      Yes – but stereotypes can be challenged and hopefully that’s what we’re doing!
      There are fantastic male and female engineers – I’d like it to be that everyone is judged on what they do – not on assumptions based on gender!

    • Photo: Mark Greaves

      Mark Greaves answered on 17 Jun 2014:

      I’m not sure that there is a stereotype around all engineers being male, but it definitely is true that most engineers are male.

      A lot of work is being done to encourage females into engineering and this is coming from the Government too – at the moment the national norm is that 1 in 10 engineers are female. In my team of 16 there is only 1 female!

      Mark

Comments

  • Photo: Jaz

    Jaz commented on :

    Hi Abigail – unfortunately only 8% of engineers are female – but Roma, Cathy and I ( and all the others) are working hard to change that stereotype – Because girls do engineering too and we need more young people to join us 🙂