--- title: "Nine Shift: Media Part of the Anti-Male Conspiracy" description: "Ignoring science in trying to get women into science, the media is devoted to the myth of \"gender diversity\" in every profession, especially that women can and should be 50% of engineers and STEM professionals." image: https://blog.lern.com/hubfs/nineshiftmedia.jpg --- [LERN Club Sign-In](http://beta.lern.org/club/) [![lern-logo.png](https://blog.lern.com/hubfs/June-folder/lern-logo.png "lern-logo.png")](http://lern.org) ** # Articles # Nine Shift: Media Part of the Anti-Male Conspiracy Sun, May 03,2015 @ 03:36 PM by William Draves | **![nineshiftmedia](https://blog.lern.com/hs-fs/hubfs/nineshiftmedia.jpg?width=387&name=nineshiftmedia.jpg)The media, even my beloved BBC, is part of the anti-male conspiracy today.** Ignoring science in trying to get women into science, the media is devoted to the myth of "gender diversity" in every profession, especially that women can and should be 50% of engineers and STEM professionals. Even the BBC allowed that the representation of women in 15% of the computer tech jobs in Silicon Valley was "sad" and "ugly."  (BBC Business News, March 31, 2015).   Not that the media, nor anyone else, thinks "gender diversity" works the other way. Males are only 15% of elementary school teachers, just 10-11% of nurses.  But is the situation in hospitals "sad" or "ugly"?  Nope.   ***Teachers in Amery, Wisconsin, getting CEUs for listening to my presentation on gender differences in learning.  Only 15% of elementary school teachers are male, a situation called "sad" and "ugly" by the BBC (not). ***       ### LATEST NEWS Video: How to Get the Most From a LERN Membership LERN Video - The LERN Program Review: Position Your Unit for Success LERN Cancellation Rates and New Programs: A Lesson From Netflix Kathryn Lynch-Morin Ready for Liftoff: Drones and Drone Courses are More Popular Than Ever Kathryn Lynch-Morin Working with the University of Nebraska - Omaha LERN [Tweets by @LernUpdates](https://twitter.com/LernUpdates) [LERN Club Sign-In](http://beta.lern.org/club/)