@Demo318 Its donation based. I fund it as a charitable donation from my company as a means to support the scientific community.

@freemo @Demo318 Please don't take this the wrong way but qoto is a mirror for the seeming lack of women in STEM or is it just my perception tricking me?

@commandelicious While we have some wonderful female contributors they are sadly a minority. It is no surprise that a STEM instance would reflect the democgraphic in the world. With that said I would be the first to welcome a change where more Women go into STEM and have an interest in the topic. But sadly it just doesnt seem to be as appealing to women as it is for men and that makes me sad :( @Demo318

@freemo @commandelicious @Demo318 It starts early, here in Scotland at least. Interest is about even between m/f early in primary school and gets more and more uneven as kids get older. Even those women who study STEM in uni don't often go into STEM jobs. Initial evenness means we can only assume it's societal influence rather than natural, which means we *can* change it.

@Katobell @freemo @Demo318
I was on a technical gymnasium (highest form of school in Germany, not the sports kind).
We were 38 people in two classes. One of us was female. One. :/

@commandelicious @freemo @Demo318 yep, there were four of us across two classes in Nautical Science.

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