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Meet Esther Petat, a fifth-semester mathematics st Meet Esther Petat, a fifth-semester mathematics student at ETH Zürich. She shared her insights on how gender influences experiences in academia, touching on stress, confidence, and the challenges women face in male-dominated fields like STEM. On Stress Management: Esther believes women often have a healthier relationship with stress, recognizing the need to take breaks sooner. “Women tend to take breaks earlier when stressed and say, ‘I need something to calm down and evacuate the stress.’ Men often adopt a ‘let’s work all the time’ mentality.” Self-Assessment and Competition: Esther observes differences between genders: “Both men and women compare themselves to friends, but the importance given to this comparison isn’t the same. In general, the competition to be the best is stronger for men. Women are often satisfied with a result that is good for them, even if friends did better.” Imposter Syndrome: Esther suggests women might speak about it more openly than men. She reflects, “Maybe men were educated to think everything is granted to them, while women often wonder, ‘Am I allowed to do that?’” Gendered Expectations: Esther highlights how small differences in childhood shape gendered expectations: “From a young age, comments like ‘Oh, you’re a woman and good at sports—that’s impressive,’ subtly suggest that women aren’t supposed to excel in certain areas. These remarks continue throughout life, but at some point, you stop noticing them.” Handling Failure: Esther notes, “I think men are more willing to try again because failure is not an option. Women, however, may struggle with imposter syndrome and start thinking they really are imposters after a failure.” Personal Experiences at ETH: Despite these challenges, Esther hasn’t personally felt treated differently for being a woman at ETH, but admits, “Maybe I’m bad at noticing it.” Esther’s reflections shed light on the often unnoticed gender dynamics in academia. Her insights remind us of the importance of recognizing and addressing these subtle differences as we strive for equality in STEM fields. #WomenInSTEM #GenderDifferences #Mathematics #StressManagement #ImposterSyndrome #AcademicLife #ETHZürich
Hey! I hope all of you had a great start into the Hey! I hope all of you had a great start into the new semester and to those of you just starting out; welcome to ETH! We are phi:male and we are interested in all things equal opportunity within VMP. Our aim is to build a community and spread awareness through the many events we do 😄 Do you want to get to meet us or know what we’re about? Come join us at the start of the semester meeting! 😊💫 Looking forward to meeting you there!
Meet (a part) of the phi:male team!😊 Today is t Meet (a part) of the phi:male team!😊 Today is the last day of the semester and we from phi:male look back on it with lots of joy! We are looking forward to being back with the new semester and wish you all the best!
Last thursday we had the pleasure of welcoming Pro Last thursday we had the pleasure of welcoming Prof. Ilaria Zardo from the University of Basel to give a coffee lecture on the topic “Family and Academia”. Her talk was extremely insightful and interesting, adressing societal norms and expectations, personal experience and what the research on it says, while giving us both a realistic and optimistic outlook. Many thanks to Prof. Zardo!
in honor of Sexual Harassement Awareness Day, we h in honor of Sexual Harassement Awareness Day, we had collected testimonials and created the two poster you can find in this post. its important to not sweep these things under the rug and address them when they happen. you are not alone!
Today two weeks ago we had the pleasure of having Today two weeks ago we had the pleasure of having Professor Francesca Da Lio give a coffee lecture on “What makes a career in mathematics so special?”. Slide right for a little throwback and thanks to everyone that joined 😊☕️🍕
Today is International Day Against Homophobia, Tra Today is International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia! For this, we gathered some resources on the topic in forms of books, documentary and websites!!
We are very happy to announce the speaker of our l We are very happy to announce the speaker of our last coffee lecture next Thursday. Prof. Ilaria Zardo is a professor at the Physics Departement at the University of Basel. There she is the head of the Nano Technology Center and has received the Emmy Noether Distinction of the European Physical Society for her research. Not only is she a great researcher but also a great personality. In this coffee lecture, she will talk about the very important topic of „family and academia“. The talk will be followed as always by free pizza&snacks. Do not miss this one out!
This Tuesday is the last midweek mingle of the sem This Tuesday is the last midweek mingle of the semester, come join us and enjoy the start of summer with some drinks and snacks 😍 (all on us 😌)
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