• Question: how dose it feel being the only female competator

    Asked by gbarrowcliffe to James, Marcus, Martin, Rob, Suzanne on 10 Mar 2012.
    • Photo: Suzanne McEndoo

      Suzanne McEndoo answered on 9 Mar 2012:

      I’m used to being the only female when I’m doing physics things. I was the only girl in my physics class in secondary school, so it doesn’t bother me and I’ve never had any problems with it. But the group I’m currently working with has 5 women and only one man in it (and the boss is a woman), so it’s getting more balanced.

    • Photo: Robert Thompson

      Robert Thompson answered on 9 Mar 2012:

      I know you didn’t mean to ask this to all of us but I’m just responding so its not sitting in my Unanswered question box

    • Photo: Martin Zaltz Austwick

      Martin Zaltz Austwick answered on 10 Mar 2012:

      Well, I know I’m not a woman, 🙂 but…

      In all the different fields I’ve worked and studied in the mix of men and women has varied a lot. When I worked in medicine there were a lot of women. In my current job many of the people I work with are men – but the women are from more technical subjects like maths and physics! Please don’t let these sorts of worries put you off doing what you’re interested in.

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