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Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.64,0:00:15.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Growing up, I changed \Ncareer paths many times.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.30,0:00:16.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.30,0:00:18.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanted to be a teacher like my mom.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.96,0:00:22.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then, I wanted to be a singer,\Nthe next Taylor Swift.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.92,0:00:25.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Finally, I wanted to be an actress
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.45,0:00:28.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because what 10-year-old\Ndoesn't want to be on Disney Channel.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.57,0:00:31.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whatever I thought my future\Noccupation would be,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.38,0:00:33.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an engineer was not it.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.41,0:00:35.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Engineering wasn't even on my radar.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.97,0:00:37.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In my opinion,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.04,0:00:39.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,math and science weren't for girls.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.12,0:00:41.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were for nerdy boys.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.01,0:00:43.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It sounds silly, but it's true.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.26,0:00:48.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was a kid, I imagined engineers \Nand scientists and mathematicians
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.06,0:00:50.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as really smart men in lab coats
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.46,0:00:53.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,discussing complex theorems, \Nyears beyond my understanding.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.07,0:00:56.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought women in STEM were anomalies.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.43,0:00:59.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And for a woman to be an engineer, \Nshe had to be some kind of prodigy.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.61,0:01:02.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then one day,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.52,0:01:05.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my older stepsister told me\Nthat she wanted to be an engineer.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.64,0:01:08.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I realized then\Nthat women in STEM weren't prodigies.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.44,0:01:10.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They could be anyone.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.02,0:01:12.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A female engineer doesn't \Nhave to be a prodigy,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.90,0:01:16.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just like a male engineer \Ndoesn't have to be a prodigy.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.18,0:01:19.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I decided then\Nthat I wanted to be an engineer too.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.19,0:01:23.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After making the choice\Nto follow this new career path,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.27,0:01:26.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started to realize\Nit's a whole lot easier for guys.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.49,0:01:28.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In most cases, \Nfrom the time they develop,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.63,0:01:31.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,boys are taught how to use tools\Nand put things together.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.85,0:01:34.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're the ones \Nwho are pushed towards cars,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.04,0:01:36.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we're the ones \Nthat are pushed towards Barbies.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.55,0:01:39.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Toys that inspire passion \Nto go to engineering,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.34,0:01:42.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like robots and Legos,\Nare typically marketed towards boys.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.97,0:01:46.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the ones marketed towards girls \Naren't trucks or spaceships -
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.34,0:01:48.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're princess castles and pet shops.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.96,0:01:51.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think it's the little things\Nthat cause the gender gap
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.65,0:01:53.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in science and math careers.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.10,0:01:56.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The rare little comment \Nthat girls aren't as smart as boys -
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.18,0:02:00.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a son being taught how to fix a car \Nwhile a daughter is taught how to cook.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.16,0:02:01.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's nobody's fault.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.25,0:02:02.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We unconsciously do these things
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.86,0:02:05.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because gender differences\Nand inequalities are things
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.38,0:02:07.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that have been around for a long time.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.77,0:02:09.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And now, they're drilled into our heads.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.68,0:02:11.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We solved a lot of this\Nback in the early days
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.82,0:02:14.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with women's suffrage \Nand equal education.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.36,0:02:17.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And now it's time for us \Nto fix the little things,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.08,0:02:20.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that we can grow even closer \Nto achieving equality.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.81,0:02:24.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The lack of women in STEM \Nisn't all across the board, however.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.09,0:02:27.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, in areas such\Nas medical science and social science,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.38,0:02:30.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the ratio is actually very balanced.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.18,0:02:32.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in areas that are often \Nconsidered more "taxing,"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.78,0:02:35.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such as computer science and mathematics,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.32,0:02:37.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,women make up about a quarter\Nof the workforce.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.96,0:02:39.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want that number to even out.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.72,0:02:42.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a constant fallacy\Nthat's spoken from the beginning:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.07,0:02:46.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,teasing, stereotyping, marginalization.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.17,0:02:47.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Countless articles discuss
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.64,0:02:50.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how women feel out of place\Nin classes relating to STEM,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.74,0:02:53.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,due to reasons such as other\Nclassmates mocking them
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.78,0:02:56.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or a professor not paying \Nas much attention to them
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.54,0:02:59.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or a lack of other female\Nclassmates in the class.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.50,0:03:02.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if gender inequality \Nisn't a reason enough
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.71,0:03:04.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for wanting more women involved in STEM,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.68,0:03:06.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,take into account \Nthe scientific discoveries
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.84,0:03:08.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that have been made by women.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.52,0:03:12.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cardiovascular disease symptoms \Nwere always being based off male symptoms.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.30,0:03:16.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Despite the fact that it manifests \Nvery differently in men and women,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.75,0:03:18.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the average male is the model
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.36,0:03:20.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for investigating diseases\Nand designing treatment
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.97,0:03:23.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because men were the ones \Ndoing the research.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.83,0:03:26.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For years, women died\Nfrom incorrect diagnoses
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.35,0:03:27.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because no one took into account
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.98,0:03:30.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that a person's sex \Ncould have such an effect
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.17,0:03:31.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on how a disease appeared.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.85,0:03:34.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now that more women are getting\Nmore involved in medical research,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.100,0:03:38.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,however, they themselves are taking\Ninto account these differences
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.29,0:03:40.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and are consequently saving lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.69,0:03:44.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Women have been advancing their fields \Nfarther ahead for centuries.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.26,0:03:47.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ada Lovelace created a plan for a machine
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.82,0:03:50.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that could perform complex \Nmathematical calculations.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.09,0:03:53.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She did this in the early 1800s.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.28,0:03:55.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was never built during her lifetime,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.22,0:03:59.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but her plans were used a century later\Nto build the world's first computers.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.53,0:04:04.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the world's first \Nelectronic computers, called the "ENIAC,"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.29,0:04:07.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was programmed\Nby six female mathematicians.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.63,0:04:11.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, Amy Sheng, an engineer,\Nis developing a smartphone attachment
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.77,0:04:12.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,called CellScope,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.79,0:04:16.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which allows mothers to detect\Near infections in their children.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.54,0:04:19.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hadiyah-Nicole Green, \Na medical physicist,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.22,0:04:21.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is designing a cancer treatment
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.01,0:04:24.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that uses lasers to destroy\Ncancer cells exclusively.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.79,0:04:28.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Despite these achievements,\Nwomen are still isolated in STEM fields.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.80,0:04:31.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can also get into other problems \Nsuch as the gender pay gap.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.87,0:04:35.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the fact is that we have \Nmade so much progress,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.00,0:04:38.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and yet we are still miles away \Nfrom the finish line.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.06,0:04:40.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's because of the internalized\Nbeliefs we don't get it,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.96,0:04:43.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,plus it's the type\Nfor both men and for women.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.44,0:04:47.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Project Implicit conducted \Nan investigation on half a million people,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.33,0:04:49.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and found that 70% of them
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.27,0:04:53.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,automatically associate men with science\Nand women with the arts.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.14,0:04:56.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My goal is to get the word out there
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.07,0:04:59.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that any little girl or boy\Ncan be anything they want to be,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.43,0:05:00.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including an engineer.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.68,0:05:04.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They don't have to be a prodigy \Nto be a scientist or mathematician.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.18,0:05:05.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As long as they work hard,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.98,0:05:08.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they can be anything\Nthey would like to be.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.18,0:05:10.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Parents, teachers, and friends \Nshouldn't hold them back.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.92,0:05:12.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They should encourage them.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.39,0:05:14.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want that internalized bias to be gone
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.97,0:05:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because that's what stopped me\Nfrom wanting to be an engineer
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.00,0:05:19.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I was little.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.07,0:05:22.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I don't want to stop anyone else\Nfrom wanting to be an engineer ever again.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.87,0:05:24.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.05,0:05:27.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause) (Cheers)