• Question: When you were younger did you think that only men could be scientists?

    Asked by 478sprg52 to Stephanie, LauraAnne, Katy, Helen, Emilia on 7 Nov 2016.
    • Photo: Helen Hanstock

      Helen Hanstock answered on 7 Nov 2016:

      Not really! Both of my parents studied science at university. My mum actually had some trouble finding a job in science because back in the 1970s some companies wouldn’t employ women. But nowadays the opportunities very equal for men and women. So if you are a girl and like science, then go for it!

    • Photo: Katy Griggs

      Katy Griggs answered on 7 Nov 2016:

      Definitely not. I went to an all girls school so we were always encouraged that we could do anything. You should do what you enjoy regardless of what gender you are. There are definitely many more females in Science nowadays then there used to be.

    • Photo: LauraAnne Furlong

      LauraAnne Furlong answered on 8 Nov 2016:

      Not at all. All of the science teachers in my school with the exception of one were female, and we had a great visit from a female professor of biochemistry when I was in secondary school. There are now plenty of females working in science, in all sorts of roles and areas of science so I completely agree with Helen, if you’re a girl and interested then you should go for it!

    • Photo: Emilia McAllister-Jepps

      Emilia McAllister-Jepps answered on 13 Nov 2016:

      Like Katy, I went to an all girls school where we were taught that as a woman no field of work was closed to you. Science was always a large and vibrant faculty. I never thought that science was something that was only open to men.

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