Women In STEM | Tough Sh*t Episode 1

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• published: 08 Mar 2016
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In the first episode of "Tough Sh*t", host Michelle Boley breaks down gender disparities in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) fields, and pokes fun at performance review gender bias in a comedic sketch. ***** Tough Sh*t! was made as part of the YouTube "Women Create" Initiative, and was created, written, and directed entirely by women. "It was an amazing process and I am so grateful to YouTube and TYT Network for their support," creator and director Michelle Boley said in a behind-the-scenes interview. "I wish more resources were available for women to get their voices out there and be real! This initiative definitely shows that the creative talent is there, now we just need more money, resources and distribution outlets to open those doors." Boley adds, “Women consume more than half of the entertainment out there, there's no reason we shouldn't be creating half of it as well.” Each episode of Tough Sh*t! explores a difficult topic by providing an in-depth overview of the problem as well as a comedic sketch. In the first episode, Tough Sh*t! explores the low numbers of women in STEM and asks - "Why are more than half the women who graduate in STEM fields running for the hills?" In this video, host and creator Michelle Boley looks at the environments in STEM workplaces and asks how we can do more than just give lip service to increasing the numbers of women happily employed in STEM jobs. "It turns out that fields dominated by men for generations are having some issues making women feel welcome. We’ve had some shining examples this year– from the Nobel laureate who claimed that the mere presence of women turned the labs from tepid to Temptation Island, to the oblivious astrophysicist who wore a naked-lady-shirt to announce the landing of NASA space probe," Michelle jokes. "These guys are such absolute zeroes that you can only measure them on the Kelvin scale." The hilariously uncomfortable sketch "Performance Review" examines the way women are viewed in the workplace - taking aim at everything from the overly personal criticism women are subjected to on matters like their voice, demeanor, and personality, to the negative perceptions that plague women who take charge.