С.В.
Курепин
Учитель английского языка, к. филол.н.
МБОУ «Школа №37», г. Ростов-на-Дону
Сочинение-эссе
Why aren t there more
women in Science?
The fact that men
are more in science than women is not debatable. For
many centuries, women could not fully realize themselves in science because of
the inaccessibility of education and gender prejudice. But gradually the
situation began to change. Today we know many outstanding and talented women
who have thousands of inventions that have contributed to world progress — from
Grace Hopper, who led research related to computer software, to Olga
Gonzalez-Sanabria, who created a hydrogen-nickel battery that supplies energy
to the ISS (International Space Station). It was women who invented the
periscope for submarines, a circular saw, a muffler for a car, coffee filters,
the first device for home security and stem cell isolation technology, which
can play a crucial role in the treatment of oncology. Nevertheless,
even in the modern world, women make up only about 29% of the total number of
scientists. Why is it so?
In our opinion the vitality
of women is connected with beauty and nature. Women are reflective to beauty. They
love beauty. They are embodied beauty. But science is connected with industry
to which beauty little concerns. At first glance industry exists to make our
life easier. In fact most of scientific inventions and industrial devices are
directed to surround us with artificial things which are made to substitute
natural existence by artificial one. Further and further we go far from nature
to synthetic and virtual world. Science and industry make our world more
comfortable but it does not mean that they make it better. They pollute the Environment,
produce many unnecessary things, from which a lot of waste is left. Moreover
comfort kills human s ability to adaptation and improving the physical skills.
Comfort makes us weak and sick.
So men are the main
engine for technical progress. On the other hand, women are more natural
creatures. They don t want to serve this kind of vital activity. Subconsciously
they feel that this technocratic civilization is not needed. They don t like it
and that is why they are not as good as men in Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics
and other technical sciences not because of their incapability but because of
lack of the desire and interest to these brunches of science. They are closer
to real world and to the Earth. They know how to take care about the Earth, how
to grow fruit and vegetables, how to look after domestic animals and how to
make the world more beautiful. And they love this business. Besides they love
children, art, music, medicine, pedagogic, psychology. They are majority in
these fields.
So, from our point
of view, there are not more women in science because of their antypathy to
technocratic civilization and brunches of science connected with it.
Eventually men must realize
that science and technological progress can lead the Earth to the collapse if
they don t care of the Earth. If they don t understand that all the scientific
efforts must be directed to the preserving and saving the Planet.
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