#MeToo: The Life of a Lady in the Sciences

Picture a girl from Kentucky. She works hard in school, excels in her studies, and graduates from Vanderbilt with a degree in science. Picture another girl from Kentucky. She enters beauty pageants, practices with friends and family, and wins the Miss Kentucky crown in 2017 as a senior in college. You might be picturing two very separate individuals, but they are in fact the same person. Madelynne Grace Myers seems to live two separate lives, but in reality she lives the life of a true millennial; breaking the stereotypical mold for no other reason than it should not exist to begin with. Myers attended an all girls school until the 8th grade, saying, “everyone was on the same page,” with regards to school and social life. Things became different in high school, and certainly college, where women would wear heels and full make-up…to class. The atmosphere was decidedly geared toward gender roles being the college culture, perhaps less then learning. Though the current campus culture has begun to change, “You get judged by your peers,” said Myers, mentioning comments men would make during class and lab. An aspiring physician, Myers described classmates who started to wear make-up simply to be more respected by their peers. When I said I wanted to become a doctor, Myers stated, people tried to talk me out of it. Male doctors she shadowed warned her that their female colleges became “bitter” in the profession. But that was not what women physicians were saying; and ...
Source: BioMed Central Blog - Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Uncategorized International Women's Day miss kentucky STEM women in science Source Type: blogs