In what country are 70% of science and engineering students women?

[MattSh]

Hint: It's not the USA.

Damn those Muslims. They're terrorizing men, who should have a permanent guarantee to this type of work...

⬅︎ ⬅︎ ⬅︎ for the sarcastically challenged...


Set To Take Over Tech: 70% Of Iran's Science And Engineering Students Are Women - Forbes

70% of of Iran’s science and engineering students are women, and in a small, but promising community of startups, they’re being encouraged to play an even bigger role.

The common myth about women in Iran is that they are seen, but not heard, that they’re not permitted to drive, that they are second-class citizens, and that entrepreneurship and positions of power are out of reach. These notions are wrong. For years, women in Iran have owned and managed businesses, many of them in male dominant industries like oil and gas, construction, mining, and now tech. And now, with such a high number graduating with degrees in science and engineering, there’s a push to get women more involved in Iran’s blossoming startup scene.

20-year old Ghonche Tavoosi recently practiced pitching her startup Lendem, to a group of VC’s, including Dave McClure of 500 Startups at iBridges, a conference supporting Iran’s tech community. Through Lendem’s platform, friends, colleagues and neighbors lend each other stuff, like phone charging cables, and other items. The website keeps track of who’s got what, reminds people to give items back, and guarantees their return. Tavoosi pitched well. McClure was impressed, though he won’t make any investments in Iran until sanctions are lifted.


Entrepreneur Ghonche Tavoosi (Photo courtesy of subject)

In an industry just starting to emerge, women are at the forefront, even if small in numbers. Two sisters, Reyaneh and Bahareh Vahidian, helped organize the first Startup Weekend for Women in Tehran encouraging female entrepreneurs to share ideas and network. Iran’s young women are considered trailblazers in the tech sector, but generations have come before them, including pioneers like Behnaz Aria.

-----> http://www.forbes.com/sites/amyguttman/2015/12/09/set-to-take-over-tech-70-of-irans-science-and-engineering-students-are-women/

[GoneFishin]

1. You mean Fox News lied?

[Person 2713]

2. Thank you I have seen enough fury tales about "Muslim women"

I call the fury tales because they come from angry people not reality

[nxylas]

4. It's an interesting double standard, isn't it?

For RWNJs, women in America who seek equality are feminazis and harridans, while women in Iran who seek equality are heroic fighters against Muslin tyranny.

[paleotn]

3. Americans...

...I never cease to be amazed at the simplicity of my own people and how we just can't handle nuance. Yes, they're Muslim, but they're Persians for gosh sakes. They're as culturally different from Arabs as Americans are to Brazilians The majority of Americans and Brazilians worship the same god, but no one with half a brain would lump us into the same little box.

[TexasProgresive]

5. Ah, that's the point isn't it?

There are so many willfully ignorant people who are filled with hate. They refuse to differentiate people who commit heinous acts and those who inspire them from others who might share a similar appearence (not the same). An example of that would be the terrorists responsible for 9/11 were Saudi and yet we went to war against Iraqis. During that time in my area a store was owned by Indian Hindus. They went out of business because people refused to do business with "those people." When I explained that they weren't "those people" they just refused to listen. In any case even if they were Saudi Arabs there would be no excuse for boycotting them as they were surely innocent.

If some American Muslims are taking solace for being disrespected just for being who they are by listening to a Muslim version of Donald Trump some of the fault rest with the shocking lack of hospitality and respect of their fellow Americans.

I do not excuse those who kill and maim because of misguided ideology and that goes for all. We are responsible for what we do and say.