How come 99% of women can't understand how things work in a technical/ engineering sense?

Answer 1

You mean to say 1% actually can?

Answer 2

First, while I understand the intent of your question, you opened up a big can of worms (angry female worms to be exact, haha). So let us explore the question to see if you are indeed correct in your assumption.

Depending on which social scientist or psychologist you ask, there is very little in the way in which male and female brains work. This is still kind of up in the air, though, since it appears that we still haven't fully figured out how the brain works. So, according to some the disparity in technical/engineering sense is due to inherent differences in anatomy and to others it is due to how males/females are raised in their environment. The old nature vs. nurture argument.

Check out the Society of Women Engineers link below for some statistics that would give you a better idea how many women are technically competent (I would guess a bit more than 1%).

Also, check out this Case Western Reserve University site that shows reasons why women are not as common in technical and engineering fields.

So I would guess your estimate that 99% of all women cannot understand how things work in a technical/engineering sense is a bit off, but I suppose that was just an overstatement for effect. In any case, I hope that helps you understand the facts about the current situation and what may be the causes.

Answer 3

I don't know if it's true (99% is probably too much), and men-women division is not enough to explain....
But there is something true, I think it can take its origins from the games of the childhood.
Boys are used to play with more technical toys(cars,planes,helicopters,trains,boat...) and sometimes the broke these toys because they want to see inside, to understand the way they works(or sometimes they ask to adults how do those things work).
Girls are used to play with different toys usually dolls, or similar(sometimes they are very technological too,they speak or move, but there is less interest for the tech because these toys act like people).
I think that this can influence the way of understanding how stuffs work also many years later, because it's like an exercise, and who understand easily grows his interest in these kind of things.
I hope that what I wrote don't seem to be offensive to any women, it is not my intention, these are only general considerations.

Answer 4

I think it has a lot to do with the genetic programming of the different sexes.
Blokes are programmed to be hunter gatherers with a better sense of spacial awareness that lends itself to being able to see and grasp how things work.
Women however are more centred on feelings as way back in the mists of time their primary role was the nurturing of the young (not that I am in any way suggesting that is the case nowadays!)

So a man might well be able to understand how something fits together and functions better than a woman but, he wouldn't have a clue as to how it was feeling!

Answer 5

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Answer 6

You could argue that the engineering industry may not have traditionally appealed to as many women as it did men and that is why it is under represented. However, the women that work in the field are highly competent and make very good engineers (I myself am one of them). From a probabilistic point of view, your figure of 99% is clearly fabricated.

Answer 7

Because 100% of men are unable to explain in a comprehensible way technical engineering things.

Answer 8

As a time served and HNC educated engineer and a manager of engineering managers in the past, I don't think some of the questioners on Answers are much better?
Loads of unnecessary formulae because they do not understand the basics.
My wife has more practical knowledge.

Answer 9

U know i'm a dude and i think girls are great - they are more in touch with emotions and the spiritual side of life, where as us guys are more logical minded, males seem responsible for all the bad things like war, crime, etc mmm so if i could ever find a girl for me i would say it doesn't matter if she cant do the technical stuff, instead just being loving and caring is the best. xxx

Answer 10

Because I think, (and this is purely from memory) that men's minds are tailored more to the logical side, and women's to the creative side. Of course there are variations. I think this is why men tend to like Science and Maths (talking about them as subjects like at school) and women prefer English and are better at languages (which is why they natter on for hours ;) ).

EDIT: Also, where some of your stereotypical boys will go, "I wonder how that works" or "I wonder what's in there", you're stereotypical teenage girl is much more interested in talking about 'boys' and 'make-up'.

Answer 11

for most female not all it doesn't come naturally to them, im the same my bf is an electrician and i don't understand him when he goes on about it i just can't understand it so therefore i don't have an interest which in turn i dont understand it and its like a circle.
Just speaking from personal opinion and experience